I like to travel. I do not know if I like it because I go somewhere or if it's because I leave somewhere else. This remains a mystery to me. My wanderlust remains both unquenchable and satisfying, if only because I cannot take it apart and analyze it. It's just a mystery to me. I do not know why I long for something Other. I just do. If I ever find out what I'm looking for, I may actually find it and then the game is over. So wander I will. Here are some photos from my Christmas-time wanderings.
looking out from a bridge in some flooded town
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somebody's back yard
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an alley
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i shall stay here when i make my first million
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my father is absent in this foto because it is he who is holding the camera
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a canal
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another canal
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the natives think me odd for photographing their roads, i think. shake their heads and mutter unintelligible italian epithets of scorn.
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cinderella simulacrum
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if by some freak genetic accident you happen to be born into a royal family, you get to wake up every morning to views like this one.
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Wow...I can see why you love to travel!
Posted by: JB at February 25, 2006 01:10 AMCool pics. The hat and scarf are awesome.
Posted by: dan at February 25, 2006 02:05 AM"Aw, shucks, thanks" Jon says as he gazes downward at his shuffling feet.
Ain't heard from you in a while, Dan Yankee. How are you, what are you doing with your life, and what are you reading?
Posted by: sligh at February 25, 2006 02:16 AMHey, that flooded town looks really familiar! I think I was there, oh, maybe two weeks ago.... http://erinsadventures.com/pisavenice/ Anyway, great photos! Did you learn any Italian while you were there? I learned some fun words like "prego," "pronto," "sinistro," "dextro," and lots of other words that end in "o." :)
Posted by: iGirl at February 25, 2006 10:38 AMJon. Nueschwanstein. Jealous am I.
Posted by: timf at February 25, 2006 12:09 PMErin,
Can't say I learned any Italian. I knew all I needed. A couple times in Venice I ventured into cafes and said to the cashier, "Coffee." They clearly understood me and instantly satisfied my demands, for a small fee.
Monolingual: isn't it nice that some words are internationally understood? Beyond that, I've found pantomime to be quite useful (and entertaining).
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