Last light over Emerald Bay
We almost skipped the lookout because everyone was tired, and then the whole sky went gold. Dad said it looked exactly like 1998. Best sunset of the year.
Emerald Bay
We almost skipped the lookout because everyone was tired, and then the whole sky went gold. Dad said it looked exactly like 1998. Best sunset of the year.
Auto transcript“…the fog is sitting right on the water and Maya keeps saying it smells like pine and pancakes…”
She asked for a “volcano cake” and got one, sort of. Blew out all the candles on the second try and declared it still counted.
Four years, three apartments, one very loud air horn from row 40 (us). He pretended to be embarrassed. He was not embarrassed.
Up at 5 to beat the tour buses. Mist in the valleys, watchtowers fading into green mountains, and Maya counting steps until she gave up at 900.
The waiter asked “mild or spicy” and smiled when we said spicy. Numbing, glorious, unforgettable — we drank three pitchers of soy milk.
Ten days, three cities, one very small rental car. Route imported from our shared Google Maps plan.
Detour day. Cliff roads, lemon groves, a sea so blue it looked edited. We missed two turns because nobody wanted to stop looking.
The lamps came on one by one along the Seine and everyone on the bridge went quiet at the same time. Even Maya.
We rated every croissant of the trip out of ten. The tiny bakery with no name and a cat in the window scored an eleven.
Oia at golden hour is exactly the postcard, and somehow the postcard undersells it. Ferry to Naxos tomorrow, wind permitting.
Borough Market in the drizzle, then fish and chips by a coal fire while the rain did its thing. England, exactly as advertised.
Water warmer than the air, sand like flour, and a sea turtle that clearly owned the place. We just visited.
Ahi poke from a corner shop, eaten on a bench with our feet in the sun. Voted trip’s best five-dollar decision.
Nothing happened today, which after the last two weeks felt like the whole point. Tea, rain on the window, an early night.
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