Backpacking through Europe in 1994

Day 86 • December 1, 1994
Rota, Spain

My Photographs from today in Rota, Spain

DAY 86 / 12-1-94
Rota, Spain

Two more weeks & I’ll be home. Wow, that seems so unreal. Fuck, it seems so unreal that I was walking along the beaches of Southern Spain today! And that I’ve walked through Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, France, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany & Italy!!!

Wow. I fucking amaze myself! I can’t believe I pulled this off! A year ago it was just a dream, and here it is today, almost over. It’s so hard to describe this feeling of jubilation and exaltation I have, especially compared to my feelings of depression and disillusionment 15 months ago.

And unlike Australia or ASU, I’m ready for it to be over & ready to be home. I’m ready to wrap it up & put a bow on it & set it on my mantlepiece, then go sit down, take a deep breath, and admire it.

And I don’t feel the least bit pangs of egotism as I say “Damn, it’s worth admiring. Todd, You did it, and no one, ever, can take that away from you.”

I’ve always been so insecure about myself, probably always will be. But this experience will go a long way in easing those feelings, and it has changed the course of my life.

Well, enough philosophizing. These last 2 weeks should be very relaxing and vacation-like. Today sure was.

Woke up at 11 [am]. After playing some football, I went for a bike ride. I rode along the beach, through the town, & along another beach for an hour or so.

Then I read the newspaper, played golf with Eric until Jeff got home. We took their dog, Harley the boxer, down to the beach, and watched “Mr. Baseball” when we came back.

Their landlady, Salvadora, whom I met last night, brought me a plate of pieta, a Spanish dish of rice, meat, shrimp & calamari – squid. It was very good & extremely nice of her.

Jeff & I played 1 more game of football before he & Vic went to bed. I’ve been writing in this & listening to Rush. Now I’m going to watch “Breaking the Rules” before going to sleep.

Mr. Baseball is a 1992 American sports comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Dennis Haysbert, and Aya Takanashi. It depicts a tumultuous season in the career of veteran New York Yankees first baseman Jack Elliot (Selleck), who is traded to the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central League during Spring Training, and forced to contend with overwhelming expectations and cultural differences during the Dragons' run at the pennant.

Breaking the Rules is a 1992 American drama film starring Jason Bateman, C. Thomas Howell, Jonathan Silverman and Annie Potts.

Phil (Bateman) is a cancer-stricken man who tricks his two best friends, Gene (Howell) and Rob (Silverman), whom he hasn't seen in a long time, to go on a road trip, by inviting them to a fake engagement party. This has the potential for problems because Gene once stole Rob's girlfriend. Phil gets them to be friends again. He tells them of his illness and all three decide to go to Los Angeles for Phil's dying wish: to be a contestant on Jeopardy! On the way there they meet an attractive wild woman with a heart of gold (Potts).

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