Adventuring

The last big hitchhiking trip I went on was in April 2018. I went to see my friend in Oulu. No phone, just a paper map and a violin strapped to my back (my friend took a guitar). My favorite song was All My Days by Alexi Murdoch. We played music for money on the snowy streets, took a ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn. 

We met this girl from France in Tallinn, who let us stay at her place. I could have fallen in love, not that I really knew what that was. 

It was, in a way, a last hurrah. 7 months in Hong Kong had left me. . . empty. I craved community, purpose, and above all: love! I wouldn't find that bumming around, so I became nostalgic for my beautiful Groningen. I would find a cafe, like in Friends! I would make a bunch of new friends, and fall in love with someone beautiful. 

The thing is, I did find new friends. I did fall in love. 

But I stopped listening to Alexi Murdoch. I bought a PHONE (the ultimate betrayal). I stopped eating just bread & peanut butter all the time. I became so pragmatic, healthy even. I got an electric violin recently, hoping it would spark something. 

Did you ever watch Into the Wild? The soundtrack absolutely slaps. Do you ever just close your eyes, and listen to 35 minutes of humpback whale songs?

I used to have fucking principles man.