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I am extremely sleep-deprived right now, and this is a french keyboard, so you are warned of my stupor in advance. The overnight train was hell. Let me summarize; a drunk man who was convinced that if he spoke very rapid spanish at me, while leaning very close and stinking of liquor, I would eventually understand his babble despite my repeated cries of “Lo siento, no hablo espanol. No comprendo.”; also a woman later who got on and proceeded to babble away and sing with the man; people in a very tiny train compartment in whiwh the seats would not fold down; and far too much heat. I ended up sleeping for a couple of hours on the floor underneath the extremely low bench seats, they were low enough to prevent laying on one’s side. Hell but now I am in Montpellier. It was a relief to see signs in Spanish instead of Portugese in the night and an even bigger relief to hear and see français this morning. I can’t even imagine what it will be like to see so much english when I return!
It is additionally cozy here because this part of france reminds me of Oregon especially on a grey day like today. Lots of the trees look the same, lots of the hills remind me of Oregon hills. I quite like it. Montpellier is Making me miss Michael more though since I was here with him just 3 weeks ago, but that means it also hold fond memories.
I met a girl on the train from India, who moved to New Jersey when she was 13, and is now studying in Paris. She has a Eurail pass and long weekends so we might travel together for the next couple weekends which should be fun.
I miss you, whoever you are that is reading this today and I shall see you soon.
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Also you could drool ALOT and leap into spasm without warning and that might fend ‘em off. It might attract fellows such as me but it’s worth a shot!
Comment by mikey 02.22.06 @ 7:56 pmOr, practice your turrets in many different languages and instead of drool try foaming at the mouth.
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Dude. Do you have your wedding ring? I wouldn’t travel without one. It can be a real lifesaver. All you need is an unassuming band on the left ring finger and a general idea of where your faux-mari is at all times, and why you are not with him (on a train = he had a business meeting so I did some traveling while he was in meetings, or whatever). It seriously helps with the loud and annoying men. Drunk or otherwise.
Comment by TaylorJane 02.21.06 @ 5:04 pm