Off To Spain

[poliphilo]

I haven't been out of the country in ten years.

When I was younger I did a lot of travelling. At nineteen I hitchhiked from one end of France to the other. I set out on my own, but by the second day I'd met up with a French lad called Henri Mouillefarine (Dampcorn) and somehow or other he attached himself to me and we completed the journey together. I didn't like him much.

I've been to
France
Italy
Germany (just about)
Switzerland
Holland
Crete
Egypt
The Czech Republic
The USA

And now we're going to Spain. It's ridiculous how nervous I am about it. Is this a regular thing- that one becomes timid as one gets older- or have I just let myself go?

This will be my last post for about a fortnight. We're leaving first thing in the morning.

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Kentucky, mainly.

But also Philadelphia.

And I've had jaunts out to places like Washington DC.

I was married to a Kentuckian first time round- which means my kids are half-American. (They even poossess a dask of Cherokee blood.):)

[morrison-maiden.livejournal.com]

Ah, not very close to Boston then. I think the nearest place would be Philadelphia, but that's about 7 hours from here :| I've never been to D.C. or to Kentucky...

So do you kids have British accents? hehe

[morrison-maiden.livejournal.com]

*your :-x

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes- they've got Northern British accents. My kids were brought up in Britain and have only ever spent limited ammounts of time in the States.

[morrison-maiden.livejournal.com]

They're lucky. I want to visit the U.K. someday. My father spent a few weeks in London in the late 70's, and he loved it.

[four-thorns.livejournal.com]

ah, DC. my parents took me and my brother there, when we were 7 and 9, respectively. we were a bit too young to appreciate our nation's capital, however, which i think they realized when we said our favorite parts of the trip were the subways and the bats at the zoo.