Due to a couple circumstances beyond my control I ended up not going to Paris…my friends all did, so as they were visiting the Louvre I was uhhhh….having a beer, watching TV, then napping. Good decision Squires!

It’s a staycation…I’m awesome!!!

Hotel is booked…and I just read a review:

We arrived by metro to the area at 12 midnight and there was no proper pavements or roads as they were being worked on, nor could we find the hotel. We were absolutely terrified as when we eventually found someone who pointed us in the right direction we had to walk by a habitual gathering of drug addicts openly injecting and snorting crack cocaine. The street lighting was very poor but none the less we stud out like sore thumbs with our travel cases and felt very threatened. These people gather here every day and night and it was quite intimidating. The location of the hotel was very much like a no-go area. The only way to get to the metro from the hotel was by walking by a green hill area where the junkies seem to sleep & party. There is a terrible vulnerability about this as one would feel if they were attacked no one would come to the rescue as it’s so isolated. The hotel was good value for money although the staff were very unfriendly. I would not recommend the hotel as its situated in a dangerous location.

We’re all gonna die 🙂
So potentially my last words to you all are…Happy Solstice!
I’ve written the will here before, but when I die I want to be fed to alligators while people sing and drink 😀
Then plant the alligator guano under a tree or something…

Although viking funerals are cool too…Either way make sure alcohol and singing are emphasized 🙂 Root word of funeral is “fun”, so have fun! Back in a few days hopefully…

So I haven’t posted in a while…Let’s see…

The Gogol Bordello show was amazing!!! Nice venue if you can get seats in the balcony (we did – but I think the Italian friends would have preferred to be down below where they couldn’t see and would be getting their asses kicked in the crowd 😉 I enjoyed the balcony view…

I was sick for a few days…much better now, but I actually took 2 days off…In italy you don’t get any sick days without a doctors visit/note…I don’t want to go sit in a dr’s office when I’m sick, so I just took 2 of my 19 (yes 19) vacation days.

Went to Ikea as well…productive visit…which reminds me I need to water my plants.

I got my SkyTV (satellite) hooked up. I’m loving it! I gotta plug TopGear…that is one of the greatest shows ever! I saw it maybe 10x when I lived in Frankfurt, but it’s basically on every few hours here (day and night)…big +1!

Probably going to Paris tomorrow (I say probably cuz I’m meeting some friends there and they seem to have gone dark for the past day and a half, and I’m not sure if they booked the room or not)…I’m a little shaky on going to a gigantic european capital with no place to stay.
I’ve not been to Paris, but am kinda looking forward to it! Viva la France!

I took these about 200 meters from my flat. We’ve had some storms lately (hence the wood).
Real life waves (somewhat abnormal) and it was cool. There was actually a roar to the sea…I had forgotten all about the sound the ocean makes until I was there in October. It’s a great sound! …anyway not anything I’d heard from the Med before.

I’ve been invited to go to Paris for x-mas…I’ve got nothing else going, so I’m kind of saying yes! Sounds fantastic!!! There’s also rumours of euro disney… hahah…also exciting 🙂

So, since I’m poor this month I’ve been cooking a lot. It’s kind of boring being home so much, but I guess it will only last until payday. Anyways today I had the inkling for a BLT…through the day I have been expanding my ingredients…it’s now going to be an american sammich that probably has too much stuff on it 🙂

I’m kind of excited to cook tonight!

Not sure why, but I keep thinking of tsunamis lately…I’m even more susceptible to one at my new flat. I think I’m about 4 meters (12 ft) above sea level…Luckily only a quake/landslide in the Med would affect me. Doesn’t happen THAT often.

I know these aren’t mildly interesting, but if I don’t clean out the camera now, then when will I?

nuff said