Sorry I haven’t written you sooner, but I didn’t have your e-mail address,and Berck isn’t very good about granting requests for information. I’mfinally writing from HIS computer… solving that problem. I’m actuallytyping in the car on our way to Knoxville. Otherwise, it seems like Iarrive just in time to leave for yet another airport and return in time togo back home, leaving little time for sitting down at his computer inbetween. (When I do, he forcibly removes me from his desk chair so he canread what the latest news from the cult of small Mazda convertibles has tosay.) Thank you…
“Please push the button…” Green. “Thank you.” Successfully using my limited Spanish (and the phrase list in the back ofthe guidebook) to find the bus station across from the airport (bus ticket =$4, taxi fare = $38). When she realized we didn’t understand much Spanish, the woman at the 100%Mexicana restaurant reading the menu to us very slowly, her finger pointingto every word. Amazing mole. Checking into a hotel that cost $13 a night. Eating chicken covered in a sauce of tomatoes, green olives, capers, andalmonds, which all amazingly balanced each other out…then biting into thepepper resting atop it all,…
After celebrating the new year with a new alternator, I picked up a friend and set out from Texas for the Outerbanks of North Carolina. Having never been there before, and not being a fan of places with lots of people, January seemed a fun time to go. As you all know, the weather in North Carolina was… well, cold at best. By the time I started across NC all of the snow had been plowed and it didn’t seem likely more would fall. There were plenty of patches of ice, however, so it was slow going whenever I thought…
I’m at Dad’s house in Atlanta (Well, Douglasville). I’ve been unable to get a job, and, as a result, am going to be with Dad until he leaves for Birmingham on Monday 8 August, at which point I’ll leave for Knoxville and return to Douglasville on Friday 11 August. I shall leave Douglasville on Monday 14 August for Dallas. These “plans” are subject to change at any point (by either my capricious self or any of the parties mentioned above), and may not be relied upon for anything other than a device to make you stop worrying. I’ll be checking…
I don’t know if I’ll have a chance to send you guys anything before I get back to the states or not. Michael and I have been roaming about Britain for the past couple days. In spite of the fact that I now seem to be sick, we’ve had a wonderful time. We rented a car for the weekend, and have been driving around the lake district, which is about 5 hours from Somerset. It’s is absolutely spectacular up here. Michael and I have had a blast trying not to kill ourselves driving on the wrong side of the road…