99 Days in Europe - The Trials and Tribulations of a Wannabe Spanish Casanova

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So why would a play-it-safe guy like me quit my job to bum around Europe for 99 days? It's cliched, but I need to find myself.

Somewhere, somehow, I've lost myself & my direction in life. After each trip to Europe I return having found a tiny piece of myself. This is my third trip there & by far the longest; hopefully, I can find the rest of me.

Of course, there are other reasons - travel has always been my biggest (perhaps only) passion in life. This is something I have dreamed of for many years; I need a break from life's daily grind.

Finally, there is Isabel, the impossibly cute Spanish girl I met in Toledo last year. For those that don't know the story - I'll discuss it later. But she definitely plays a part in this ...

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  Getting ready ....   Calgary, Canada on Jul 13, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Ay caramba!   Calgary, Canada on Jul 15, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  Change of plans   Calgary, Canada on Jul 16, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Six hours of hell   Manchester, United Kingdom on Jul 17, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Crawley isn't so Crappy   Crawley, United Kingdom on Jul 17, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  The journey begins .....   London, United Kingdom on Jul 18, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  London - A beautiful Spanish girl wanted my .....   London, United Kingdom on Jul 19, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  A crazy man's crazy dream begins   Madrid, Spain on Jul 20, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Lost in translation   Toledo, Spain on Jul 21, 2006 6 pictures 4 comments
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  Beaches, Tapas, and all that Jazz   San Sebastian, Spain on Jul 22, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
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  The cure for a tortured soul is Tortured Soul   San Sebastian, Spain on Jul 23, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  A mix of Disney, baguette, fromage, and merde!   Carcassonne, France on Jul 24, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  A French woman speaking Spanish - tres sexy!   Arles, France on Jul 25, 2006 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Nice is niiiiiiiice!!!   Nice, France on Jul 26, 2006 19 pictures 2 comments
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  Nice guys Finnish last   Nice, France on Jul 27, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  At least he didn´t grab his crotch!   Monaco, France on Jul 28, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Torino is Borino   Torino (Turin), Italy on Jul 29, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Because I´m Asian, single, or don´t wear pants?   Levanto, Italy on Jul 30, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  Just like us Asians, they all look the same   Cinque Terre (5 Towns), Italy on Jul 31, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Como-tose in Lake Como .... but in a good way!   Lake Como (Menaggio), Italy on Aug 1, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Bellagio is bellissima   Menaggio, Italy on Aug 2, 2006 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Give me back my money, you thieves!!!   Milan, Italy on Aug 3, 2006 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Venice .... .ahhhhhh   Venice, Italy on Aug 4, 2006 15 pictures 0 comments
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  All I wanted was to share a bed with 5 girls .....   Venice, Italy on Aug 5, 2006 14 pictures 0 comments
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  She had the firmest breasts I've ever touched!   Verona, Italy on Aug 6, 2006 20 pictures 0 comments
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  This is what living in an Ikea hell is like ....   Bolzano, Italy on Aug 7, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  At least the cheese didn't taste like Dinki   Castelrotto, Italy on Aug 8, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  The perfect place for a "gutefahrt"   Innsbruck, Austria on Aug 9, 2006 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Who knew that Mozart's balls tasted so sweet?   Salzburg, Austria on Aug 10, 2006 28 pictures 0 comments
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  I may steal breakfast foods, but I am not a thief!   Munich, Germany on Aug 11, 2006 25 pictures 0 comments
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  I'll never forget the night I spent in prison ....   Prague, Czech Republic on Aug 12, 2006 33 pictures 0 comments
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  What does Barbie have to do with Czech culture?   Prague, Czech Republic on Aug 13, 2006 25 pictures 0 comments
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  The sausage party finally ends!!!   Prague, Czech Republic on Aug 14, 2006 17 pictures 0 comments
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  Cesky Krumlov - a Horni kind of place   Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic on Aug 15, 2006 12 pictures 0 comments
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  I had just enough money left to go pee!   Prague, Czech Republic on Aug 16, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Sometimes the best drug is a little Placebo   Krakow, Poland on Aug 17, 2006 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Horrified, appalled, and speechless   Auschwitz, Poland on Aug 18, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  How much fat can a man eat?   Krakow, Poland on Aug 19, 2006 13 pictures 0 comments
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  That a zloty in your pocket or R U happy to see me   Krakow, Poland on Aug 20, 2006 11 pictures 0 comments
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  The tastiest thighs I've ever nibbled on ...   Eger, Hungary on Aug 21, 2006 12 pictures 0 comments
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  I need to get more people to cook for me ....   Budapest, Hungary on Aug 22, 2006 17 pictures 0 comments
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  For the first time, I can't think of a dumb title!   Budapest, Hungary on Aug 23, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
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  The nastiest soup I have ever seen ....   Budapest, Hungary on Aug 24, 2006 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Bratislava - more wiener-esque than Bratwurst   Bratislava, Slovakia on Aug 25, 2006 12 pictures 0 comments
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  I was born to be a Wiener   (Wien) Vienna, Austria on Aug 26, 2006 27 pictures 0 comments
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  A perfect day being a Wiener   (Wien) Vienna, Austria on Aug 27, 2006 27 pictures 0 comments
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  Today, I held a galaxy in the palm of my hand ...   Ljubljana, Slovenia on Aug 28, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  We really must stop meeting like this ...   Lake Bled, Slovenia on Aug 29, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Changing my illiterate ways   Zagreb, Croatia on Aug 30, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Am I hearing things, or is the sea speaking to me?   Zadar, Croatia on Aug 31, 2006 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Resplendent in Transcendence   Split, Croatia on Sep 1, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  What's that warm and gooey stuff on my neck?!!?!   Split, Croatia on Sep 2, 2006 21 pictures 0 comments
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  Halfway home and another year closer to death   Korcula, Croatia on Sep 3, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Dubrovnik: Worth a second look!   Dubrovnik, Croatia on Sep 4, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Naked, wrinkly, old German tourists - I'm blind!!!   Dubrovnik, Croatia on Sep 5, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Today I did nothing, but experienced so much   Dubrovnik, Croatia on Sep 6, 2006 15 pictures 0 comments
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  A masterpiece so beautiful it made me cry ....   Bari, Italy on Sep 7, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  Growing in more ways than one ...   Pompeii, Italy on Sep 8, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Napoli is Crapoli   Napoli (Naples), Italy on Sep 9, 2006 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Embarrassment - outsmarted by a dog!!!   Positano, Italy on Sep 10, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  It's just salami - get over it!!!   Sorrento, Italy on Sep 11, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Take my wallet and I'll slap you in the crotch!!!   Capri, Italy on Sep 12, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Nauseated after Naples   Taormina, Italy on Sep 13, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  I've finally found my calling in life.   Taormina, Italy on Sep 14, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Mandorla - more addictive than heroin   Siracusa, Italy on Sep 15, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  CFF - to me, it means "Creepy, Freaky Fool"   Siracusa, Italy on Sep 16, 2006 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Aggravated in Agrigento   Agrigento, Italy on Sep 17, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  I spent the night with a cute little doll   Trapani, Italy on Sep 18, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  A traumatic experience made me a little emotional   Segesta, Italy on Sep 19, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  After tonight, I need to wash more underwear   Fauvignana, Italy on Sep 20, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  A nice surprise today!   Cefalu, Italy on Sep 21, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
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  A culinary delight - cannelloni with phlegm sauce!   Palermo, Italy on Sep 22, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A gelato flavor that wouldn't sell - veal spleen!   Cagliari, Italy on Sep 23, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
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  I said goodbye to a dear friend today   Oristano, Italy on Sep 24, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  On days like this, all you can do is laugh!   Bosa, Italy on Sep 25, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  The highlight of the day was a dirty pillow   Alghero, Italy on Sep 26, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  What if her name was Isabella???!?!?!   Santa Teresa di Gallura, Italy on Sep 27, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  I'd sell my soul to the devil for a good pizza   La Maddalena Arcipelago, Italy on Sep 28, 2006 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Shame! I killed a living, sentient being today.   Olbia, Italy on Sep 29, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Extremes of Rome: St. Peter's and transvestites   Rome, Italy on Sep 30, 2006 38 pictures 0 comments
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  A day without gelato is like a day without air   Rome, Italy on Oct 1, 2006 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Not quite as breath-taking as Toledo's masterpiece   The Vatican City, Italy on Oct 2, 2006 18 pictures 0 comments
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  What's Mr. Bean doing in a choir?!!??!?   Rome, Italy on Oct 3, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  A bad combination - cheap wine and limoncello   Orvieto, Italy on Oct 4, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Every Rose Has its Thorn   Assisi, Italy on Oct 5, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Please don't eat me!!!!   Florence, Italy on Oct 6, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
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  I had the perfect gelato - my life is now complete   Florence, Italy on Oct 7, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Racism reared its ugly head today   Pisa/Lucca, Italy on Oct 8, 2006 22 pictures 0 comments
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  For the 2nd time, I can't think of a dumb title!   Siena, Italy on Oct 9, 2006 11 pictures 0 comments
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  What? No grapes or scantily-clad Spanish women?   Florence, Italy on Oct 10, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Wong Plays Pong   Interlaken, Switzerland on Oct 11, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Did I eat my shower sandal???   Interlaken, Switzerland on Oct 12, 2006 11 pictures 0 comments
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  After over 90 days, it finally happened to me ....   Bern, Switzerland on Oct 13, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
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  I'd like to be beaten with hazelnut sticks   Montreux, Switzerland on Oct 14, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Half-assed Switzerland   Geneva, Switzerland on Oct 15, 2006 17 pictures 0 comments
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  When did I become a sappy, romantic fool?   Paris, France on Oct 16, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  I re-kindled an old romance today ...   Paris, France on Oct 17, 2006 7 pictures 0 comments
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  The tastiest dish was not on the menu for me   Paris, France on Oct 18, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Parting is such chocolatey-sweet sorrow .....   London, United Kingdom on Oct 19, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Depression is starting to set in ....   London, United Kingdom on Oct 20, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Where did he hide the pop and yogurt????   Calgary, Canada on Oct 21, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The final entry: Reflections on a "Crazy" journey   Calgary, Canada on Dec 3, 2006 1 picture 0 comments