Hey everyone..
Needless to say it has been a sobering day. You are still in it and I am wrapping it up. I was swimming and cliff diving all day, checking out loads of cool mediterranean fish when a Spanish woman on holidays here in Cinque Torre felt that we might want to know what happened on our soil. We looked at each other in disbelief and headed up the tiny town to check the news.. There was a pizzeria with CNN on and there it was like a nightmare in real life and full color. It didn't take long for us to burst into tears of desperation and disbelief. War, death, loss of friends. Two of us are from NY.. luckily, phone calls relieved them at long last and no one in the immediate fam or friends were hurt.
I was worried about my girl Dani and her boy Curt, but they are ok as is the family I just nannied for in Paris. I am in a bar in Riomaggiore right now with the noise of CNN in my ears.. the hidden cams, the sounds of excited and upset americans... and the thoughts running through my own head. I really can't believe what I'm seeing and hearing.
ObviouslyI am NOT going to Morocco right now. As it is, I don't really know where to go to be safest.. As of this afternoon, I was hopping a train to Figueras and then on to San Sebastian... but that was then and now, the Basque region with the ETA and all of this .. may not be good.. so, I am leaning towards taking refuge with family friends in Portugal and if the shit hits I will go HOME to Ireland and stay with family there until flying home is safe. I hope to god that all of you are safe and your families.. I know lots of you have friends and family in NY, DC and maybe other target areas..
I would love more than anything to hear from everyone of the 80 of you!! so that I know you're doing fine in sight of the fact that we are supposedly embarking on WWIII... bad joke... or not. I am definitely thinking of you all. When we sat together watching the sun set over the water this evening, we bid it farewell with our strength and encouragement for those in the eastern US.. I will be in touch tomorrow from wherever I go. We.. my five pals and I... all go our separate ways tomorrow and I will probably just creep around the corner to Figueras, still on the Italian Riviera. Good luck and safety to all .. love, rai!!!
Needless to say it has been a sobering day. You are still in it and I am wrapping it up. I was swimming and cliff diving all day, checking out loads of cool mediterranean fish when a Spanish woman on holidays here in Cinque Torre felt that we might want to know what happened on our soil. We looked at each other in disbelief and headed up the tiny town to check the news.. There was a pizzeria with CNN on and there it was like a nightmare in real life and full color. It didn't take long for us to burst into tears of desperation and disbelief. War, death, loss of friends. Two of us are from NY.. luckily, phone calls relieved them at long last and no one in the immediate fam or friends were hurt.
I was worried about my girl Dani and her boy Curt, but they are ok as is the family I just nannied for in Paris. I am in a bar in Riomaggiore right now with the noise of CNN in my ears.. the hidden cams, the sounds of excited and upset americans... and the thoughts running through my own head. I really can't believe what I'm seeing and hearing.
ObviouslyI am NOT going to Morocco right now. As it is, I don't really know where to go to be safest.. As of this afternoon, I was hopping a train to Figueras and then on to San Sebastian... but that was then and now, the Basque region with the ETA and all of this .. may not be good.. so, I am leaning towards taking refuge with family friends in Portugal and if the shit hits I will go HOME to Ireland and stay with family there until flying home is safe. I hope to god that all of you are safe and your families.. I know lots of you have friends and family in NY, DC and maybe other target areas..
I would love more than anything to hear from everyone of the 80 of you!! so that I know you're doing fine in sight of the fact that we are supposedly embarking on WWIII... bad joke... or not. I am definitely thinking of you all. When we sat together watching the sun set over the water this evening, we bid it farewell with our strength and encouragement for those in the eastern US.. I will be in touch tomorrow from wherever I go. We.. my five pals and I... all go our separate ways tomorrow and I will probably just creep around the corner to Figueras, still on the Italian Riviera. Good luck and safety to all .. love, rai!!!
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