We spent the day in Venice today. What a beautiful city! Very tourist-ie, but beautiful. We had heard that getting lost in Venice is kind of inevitable with all the windy streets and alleyways...so that is what we did.
Highlights include:
- A quasi domesticated pigeon that landed on Phill's shoulder
- Delicious gelato from Gelato Nico
- Walking along the canal (the breeze made the awful heat bearable)
- Eavesdropping on a Vivaldi concert practice
- A woman hanging out the window of her second story apartment to offer us directions in very thick Italian (we must have appeared lost)
- Another older Italian woman nearly shouting at me to sit down next to her after I gave up my seat for her (these Italian women are tough!)
We're both still a bit jet lagged. I think we'll sleep great tonight.
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The Road to Elsewhere
When traveling, you meet all sorts of interesting people. Many inquire about where you're coming from and especially where you're going to, to which we are only able to reply - “Excellent question.”
When Phill learned that he would be leaving the Coast Guard, many different thoughts about what our future had in store surfaced. In the midst of our wondering, we began thinking about all of the travels we had been dreaming about doing. Rather than looking for jobs and a place to live, what if we embraced our joblessness and homelessness and instead took the time to drive across the United States, visit national parks, take a much-needed tropical vacation and then backpack through Europe?
Be wary of thoughts that come when you're uncertain of your immediate fate. They're unhinged, unpredictable, irresponsible...and come disguised as breathtakingly exciting.
So, here we are, driving (and camping) across the United States, playing in Maui for one week, attending weddings, temping in the Seattle area, enjoying the summertime, and bumming through Europe.
When we return, I imagine we'll be looking for a place to work and live. Or something like that...
Anyway, enjoy our story as we experience it.
When Phill learned that he would be leaving the Coast Guard, many different thoughts about what our future had in store surfaced. In the midst of our wondering, we began thinking about all of the travels we had been dreaming about doing. Rather than looking for jobs and a place to live, what if we embraced our joblessness and homelessness and instead took the time to drive across the United States, visit national parks, take a much-needed tropical vacation and then backpack through Europe?
Be wary of thoughts that come when you're uncertain of your immediate fate. They're unhinged, unpredictable, irresponsible...and come disguised as breathtakingly exciting.
So, here we are, driving (and camping) across the United States, playing in Maui for one week, attending weddings, temping in the Seattle area, enjoying the summertime, and bumming through Europe.
When we return, I imagine we'll be looking for a place to work and live. Or something like that...
Anyway, enjoy our story as we experience it.
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