European Saturation
It's not that I have had it with Europe, it's that I have had it with having so much Europe. I am one who, while being content to go and explore, is easily bored and tends toward whims if possible. This time, I am headed to Singapore. That decision was made final when I bought the airline tickets about three weeks ago in Zagreb. It was raining outside.
Rain.
Rain.
It has been a very rainy summer. Just as when I was here three summers ago, the center of Europe is being gripped in torrential rainfall and subsequent floods. This time it is much more extensive. I arrived to Europe on the cusp of a snowstorm. Three days into my travels, I was mired in eight inches of snow along the canals of Venice. Now that I am preparing to head by train to Istanbul, I leave a thoroughly drenched region to my north, praying that this does not slow me down in my need to arrive in old Constantinople.
This may be my last post for this weblog. I will soon discontinue, though maintain it. I can't be 'balkan around europe' if I am in southeast Asia.
To Europe, a great place to hover and discover for six months! Certainly, I stole of to Tunisia and Anatolia, but only for one week and two days, respectively. You are my first in international travel. You have kept me 26 months of my 28 years. Longer than most places. In my heart, even longer. I run off now to SouthEast Asia, first to Singapore, then possibly anywhere after...perhaps to the ruins of Angkor Wat, the Forbidden City or the Great Wall of China, even. What of Lake Baikal? But wait and don't worry. I must return to you one day.
Rain.
Rain.
It has been a very rainy summer. Just as when I was here three summers ago, the center of Europe is being gripped in torrential rainfall and subsequent floods. This time it is much more extensive. I arrived to Europe on the cusp of a snowstorm. Three days into my travels, I was mired in eight inches of snow along the canals of Venice. Now that I am preparing to head by train to Istanbul, I leave a thoroughly drenched region to my north, praying that this does not slow me down in my need to arrive in old Constantinople.
This may be my last post for this weblog. I will soon discontinue, though maintain it. I can't be 'balkan around europe' if I am in southeast Asia.
To Europe, a great place to hover and discover for six months! Certainly, I stole of to Tunisia and Anatolia, but only for one week and two days, respectively. You are my first in international travel. You have kept me 26 months of my 28 years. Longer than most places. In my heart, even longer. I run off now to SouthEast Asia, first to Singapore, then possibly anywhere after...perhaps to the ruins of Angkor Wat, the Forbidden City or the Great Wall of China, even. What of Lake Baikal? But wait and don't worry. I must return to you one day.
posted by Colin at 00:12
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