If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?, asks Jack from Fight Club (ay, yeah. read the book for-god's-sake). Well, I woke up in Turin. I woke up in Pavia. I woke up in Seville. I woke up in Lisbon. If there's something better than opening your eyes in a new place, it's the fact of learning, rethinking, exploring, maturing. Things you're supposed to do precisely because you're in a new place and everything is new, strange, unknown. So you learn, acknowledge, get use to memorize and then just try not to miss. Travelling changes you. And you can never go back to your old-self.
So here I am. Back home. Those four months gave me so much. But my head is full of stuff that happened to me and people that I randlomly met. Everything's familiar, but also strange and distant. Anybody knows how much long it take to get used to being home again?
Anyhow, Seville part two.
Frankly, I expected the pics from Alcazar to be a waaaay better. The fault is undeniably mine, cause I just didn't feel like taking too many of them, while the guide was telling all those interesting stories about the place. Plus, there were simply too many people.
A year feels like a minute. Seeing a good friend unchanged after such a long time: priceless. When we finished sightseeing, I asked Rafa if he wasn't bored with showing this to me, hearing the same stories from a guide for the tenth time or so. He looked at me and said: 'Well, you know. I already know if by heart, but that's the first time I did it in Italian'. Conclusion? Never say no to sightseeing, even if it may seem boring, you may always learn something new. (;
The most original bill ever. By the way, one thing that I'm definitely going to miss is eating at the bar. Montaditos and small beers drunk in a hurry, that you order just because it's too hot outside and you really need some cool air (god bless air conditioning). In that particular bar, the bartender would write everything you order with a chalk, right in front of you and wipe it out after hearing the magical phrase 'La cuenta, por favor' and getting the money. We stayed there for a while and had a few nice beers, for all of our friends, whatever we saw and life.
| this week's discoveries:
#1
Tola, because of the pics and because of some very cool places to recommend in Warsaw.
#2
The Head and The Heart, because of the decent music.
