(written april 9 in pula, croatia)

today i went to premantura with the spanish girls,vanessa and rosa.....the water was a window to the seaworld below......barely there......just a film.....a portal to that other world.......

and now i,m going to italy with them too.......totally hadn,t planned on that.......but i can,t pass up good compnay.....and to think it could have been so different if i hadn,t gotten stuck in pula over easter
and to make it more destiny....minutes after deciding to join them (minutes after they invited me).....i went to pay for my accomodation to find that i could have had a ride to slovenia this morning but the day receptionist neglected to pass on the message......even tho i had asked twice whether there were any messages for me.......these things happen for a reason....but only hindsight may let me in on it

(april 11....on the train to venice from padova)
i have found myself in italy.....who would have guessed? did you?......per usual, the unexpected is teh best part of travelling......after chilling on the coast of the adriactic sea with some fine individuals, i ended up in padova with free accomodation in a collective space with friends of my new friends......they are even hooking me up with a massage (missed a party at the radio station last night because of another migraine--my back is shit--my whole left side--numb arm and pressure in my eye socket--in addition to nauseous--i,ve been popping pills and sleeping--hopefully a proper massage will help)......and now i,m off to explore venice for the day.......
these girls took amazing care of me when i was hurting.......in pain, it,s a lot less scary when you know someone is looking out for you.....unlike balaton when i was alone and my vision started to blur......but for the moment i am ok....not great, but ok.....and hopefully tomorrow will be even better.
p.s. my spanish is terrible.......and consequently, we speak a combo of spanish-english-french-andnow-italian ........i am understanding most but may be very confused when i get home (or confuse otehrs if i try to speak) as i no longer can distinguish which words belong to which language.......doh!