Monday, July 17, 1995

It’s fucking hot here! Not really, but I just wanted to get your attention. We finally got here in Barcelona, Spain at around 10:30am. We found a nice hostel for $20.00 a night but that’s okay; at least it has nice bathrooms and hot water for our tea. The actual town is quite amazing, including the topless beaches which are quite addicting. A man came up to me a asked me for a cigarette this afternoon, and so I gave him one. He demanded that I let him shine my boots so asked him how much. He just shook his head and muttered something so I figured it was free. After he was done (10 minutes) he pulled out a wallet and price guide, which came to 1400 pesetas ($12.00) and I gave him a little over 500 ($4.50) and took off, since he never told me. Stupid old fucker.
We’re now planning on arriving in Switzerland next Monday so it better not change considering we were supposed to be back on Saturday. I say fuck Spain, but the majority rules. Tara and I were talking about how Rachel didn’t plan on traveling with us at all before we came. She thought that since we were older and Anouschka’s friends that we wouldn’t want to talk to her, so instead she bought a bike. Well, 4 months later she decides that we’re cool people and gets a job to travel with us. Meantime, Anouschka decides that her job is more important than traveling so she drops out. Now Rachel, along with Anouschka’s friends Nathalie et Francois plan a month long trip to the states for next summer which now include both me et Tara, the original “outcasts” to Rachel. The plan will probably fall through but just hearing Rachel talk about me makes me happy. I can’t wait to spend a whole month with her bu my side every waking hour in only 1 week! Woo Hoo! Meanwhile, back in the states, a record-breaking heat wave covers the entire country killing over 100 people in just this month alone. Averages of over 100 degrees every day this month, while we complain about the 80 degree weather here (32 degrees Celsius).
Tomorrow night we leave for Seville, which hit 100 degrees today. That’s okay though- I get to hold Rachel for a whole month! I don’t care how fucking hot it is- I’ll make it just like a “movie romance” since it might be the last time I’m with her. It won’t be my choice, though; I’ll wait forever for her.
Well, it’s almost 9:30pm, and I’m gonna catch some Z’s for the zoo tomorrow at 9:00am. I’m cutting down to $15.00 a day because I know that once I’m traveling with Rachel I’m gonna buy her everything in sight.
“You know how hard it is for me to shake the disease that takes a hold of my tongue in situations like these.” “Understand me.”  {These are lyrics from ‘Shake the Disease’ by Depeche Mode}

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