A Reply To My First Post

I was happy when I checked my e-mail today and found that I had received my first post. Natalia from Colorado (guessing not originally...as English is her third and favorite language). She asked just one question. "Where in Europe?"

I wish I could answer that definitively. I don't have any itinerary, though. I will arrive in Portugal, make my way to Spain, France, Italy, Greece, through Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Germany, and probably a few others. I will visit all of these countries with only a backpack. I will stay where I enjoy longer than where I do not enjoy. I will try to find small jobs for small money to eat and stay.

So far, from previous travels to Europe, I really have only fallen in love with Copenhagen. It is a beautiful city with beautiful people and a rockin nightlife. Amsterdam, to me, seemed like Copenhagen's grungy brother. Amsterdam had more of an edge. It was "cooler".

Right now I am having the gas pipes in my house repaired. There is a small leak somewhere and the plumber is hunting it down both outside and under my house. Its winter in North Texas and I have no heater or hot water. The electric blanket makes the nights bearable, but the showers will take your breath away.

Prior to today, we had a big leak. The plumber, though, has dug up our entire backyard, re-piped the gas lines to our utility room and to our house, and that seemed to take care of the leak, for the most part. Now there is a tiny leak that he is having trouble locating. We can't have the city inspector or the gas company come back out until the leak is fixed. So, it is looking like one more night of electric blankets and one more morning of cold showers. Ahhhh, the problems that I won't have to endure once I move. Im assuming that in the near future, I will be so happy when I am able to shower, in my travels, that I won't even mind when the water is cold. Here's to warm showers, though.

I have also sold off three more items (2 books and a set of audio speakers) and have to ship them off. But I've been held hostage by the fact that the plumbers truck and trailer have my car blocked in on my own driveway. Since I have been waiting all weekend just for the plumber to look at our house, I figured I would not interrupt him and just wait. I have 2.5 hours til the post office closes.

This post seems to have wandered quite a bit from its reason for being. I guess I will publish now and go see if the plumber has found the small leak, that we are now assuming is under the house.

Until Next Time!