Or maybe it’s a bunch of chapters. It should be. I hope it is.
A lot has happened since I started my vacation from blogging. Well, it was more like AWOL, but I’m back, inspired by hanging out in Denny’s on Congress Street in Portland, 4AM, sitting in the back corner, my computer plugged into an extension cord that the manager kindly provided for me, loud music in the background and an Original Grand Slam (two eggs, two pancakes, two strips of bacon, two links of sausage) in front of me fueling this morning’s episode.
Yes! A lot has happened. And I hope to get it all down, backdated to provide a sense of time and history as well as to deliver the facts.
My head is full of Moments. I captured a few, too damned few, on our trip to Sienna for Daniel and Dana’s wedding. But most of them are only in my head. They’s in full color. Large as life, but I can’t show them to anyone. And that’s a pisser, I really want to share them. So in no special order here’s a recitation of some of the things that I’d like to write about: (and when I do, I’ll update this post with links). Here goes:
Hanging out with the Borg The plan and the result T-Mobile everywhere Quantum versus the QM 2 If this is Friday, it must be Newark We’re on a boat T-shirt regrets Ready Player 1 Altered Carbon Fight night! Breakfast in the 270, first and last time Home in the Windjammer Things I wish I knew before Quantum Behind the scenes Quantum Power Cartagena, Spain I Mallorca Climbing wall Tired of eating! The Barcelo Sants Barcelona private tour Sagrida Familia Scouting the station Train to Narbonne Hotel du Midi Carcasonne Good bye little credit card! Dinner in Narbonne Driving across France Paul vs McDonalds The car return in Nice No train! What God could do if She had money: the Cote d’Azure and Monaco McGuyver’s emergency air conditioner Because it’s a Fiat! Driving through Italy Old friends in old Sienna Anyone have a car seat? My friends the kittens Old friends at the villa Wine tour The villa: what you can do with a few hundred years The sculpture garden, museum or whatever Sienna’s best jokes The wedding Nicest compliment in years Off to Verona Shopping in Verona Train to Berlin Old friends in new Berlin Berlin to Szczecin Szczecin hospitality Szczecin tour Szczecin to Berlin Berlin to London Uber in London London images London to Southampton Taxi troubles The QM2 Captain John Cleese Brooklyn
Whew! That’s going to take a while, assuming I carry through.