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My dad and I watched this thing on Italy last night. I think it's called "Visions of Italy" and it was like a visual tour of the north and south regions with Italian music playing and occasionally a soft woman's voice talking about a castle or beach.
Italy looks crazy. Wonderful. So dramatic. I was feeling Spain the entire time I was watching the program...The dirty buildings, the limestone, the Mediterranean, the narrow streets and plazas, the white towns built around a church on a hill, the crumbling castles.
Last night I was missing Amsterdam. I remember it being fast and loud and green. Tinkling. Urgent. Old. New. Ringing. Lights. Tall buildings. French fries in newspaper. Swooshing trams and how stuffy they were inside, how they moved jerkily and awkwardly...but smoothly. I want to see more of Holland. And if I go back to Europe, I want to go to Amsterdam again.
Italy looks crazy. Wonderful. So dramatic. I was feeling Spain the entire time I was watching the program...The dirty buildings, the limestone, the Mediterranean, the narrow streets and plazas, the white towns built around a church on a hill, the crumbling castles.
Last night I was missing Amsterdam. I remember it being fast and loud and green. Tinkling. Urgent. Old. New. Ringing. Lights. Tall buildings. French fries in newspaper. Swooshing trams and how stuffy they were inside, how they moved jerkily and awkwardly...but smoothly. I want to see more of Holland. And if I go back to Europe, I want to go to Amsterdam again.