Thursday, June 25, 2009

Strange Symmetry

Our first of many festivals began on a tattered red carpet stretched across a homemade bridge in Croatia. The carpet eventually led end to the woods and quickly gave way to dense forest. Good omens, to be sure.






















Straight back to covering most of the civilized world with 3 different types of confetti.













I checked onto the traditionally hellish Euro-submarine for the next few weeks. I have never quite understood why or how buses are made to be so remarkably uncomfortable over here. It defies the laws of decency on all fronts. Either way I'll be sleeping on plywood that smells just a bit like urine as I'm gently rocked about by an irate Austrian manning a slowly dying transmission.













And another thing...













A few of us took advantage of the scarce pleasant outdoor hours before the rain, unbearable heat and carnivorous insects descended, and sat by the river.













I was entertained by all manner of watercraft that tore back and forth.













Really anything buoyant within shouting distance of a paddle was given a green light.













Seriously anything. I was five minutes from tipping a disused refrigerator into the depths and using a rolled up newspaper as an oar.













Oh do your worst, Euro food. I'll take the Zob.






















This got passed around quite a bit, and ended up with my old pal Richard. It became fondly known as 'tofluenza.' I would describe both it's color and texture (as I am, and will forever be ignorant of its taste) as sickly.






















Later that night we got down at a Slovenian truck stop. All of us were pretty sure that it just said hip hop. Whatever.

















Apparently it's commonplace in Eastern Europe to have available, at 3 in the morning, both duct tape to be used expressly for bondage, and women's underwear in a can.






















Today I'm shaking off a 14-hour bus ride in St. Galen, Switzerland. There's a good deal of sitting in the sunshine and eating bread implied.













Followed directly by a trip to the spa and several hours riding this goddamn water slide. Shazam.

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