{"id":274,"date":"2003-08-10T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-10T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mercurystate.wordpress.com\/2003\/08\/10\/bottlin-the-sweet-stuff\/"},"modified":"2008-09-16T14:57:12","modified_gmt":"2008-09-16T18:57:12","slug":"bottlin-the-sweet-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/bottlin-the-sweet-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottlin&#8217; the Sweet Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/public.fotki.com\/solbeam\/photogalleries\/portugal\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/public.fotki.com\/solbeam\/photogalleries\/portugal\/\" target=\"new\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images3.fotki.com\/v34\/photos\/1\/10428\/231672\/PICT0002-vi.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(I&#8217;m back in Spain&#8230;stuck in Santiago, which means I must have missed a clue\/omen last time I was here and better make my way round town tonight to find it.)<\/p>\n<p>So the quick update is that August is the MOST terrible month to travel in S. Europe. It&#8217;s too hot to do anything but melt. Everything is shut because Europe takes the month off (&#8220;Europe: Bravo! States: Follow Suit!&#8221;). The sand-scape is beach-umbrella bumper-to-bumper (see pic above). The trains and busses all need two-day in advance reservations (or you get stuck&#8230;in places like, say, SANTIAGO) And not only is there no vacancy at any of the hostels or camping sites, but even when you do manage to get in, high-season rates are enough to shock the panties off any petty pilgrim.<\/p>\n<p>Sound like I&#8217;m bitching? I&#8217;m not. All this is true&#8230;but the fact is, I&#8217;m on my way back to San Saby to drown myself in a week long street festival! I&#8217;ve got beach-bumming, salsa-dancing and tapa-gorging all on the list. Have to keep my mind and heart distracted, because it seems they can do NOTHING otherwise, but dwell on the details of my homecoming.<\/p>\n<p>OH yes! You heard right! Me, and my outrageous pilgrims tan are due to make an appearance in (one of) my best friend&#8217;s weddings in Portland, Oregon NEXT WEEK! Best friends, and parents, and siblings, and nieces and nephews, and Oregon beach trips, and fishing with dad, and a laptop to finally write out that story (of epic influence in the life of Sol) called, &#8220;The Living Camino&#8221; ALL eagerly await me. And I, with reciprocal anticipation!<\/p>\n<p>*closes eyes* Ummmm. Anticipation :). Is there any nectar so sweet? Or thirst thereof so unquenchable? Indeed, &#8220;home&#8221; for a few weeks will be the most refreshing glass of the sweet stuff before heading back to Guatemala.  (Like how I just slipped that in? he.he.)<\/p>\n<p>Oh it&#8217;s hard to keep my mind contained to this pretty little moment called, &#8220;now.&#8221; But I will. With great restraint. For San Saby awaits my love (as well as a 12-hour bus ride sucking on that previously mentioned nomad-nectar).<\/p>\n<p>Okay. 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