Travel off the beaten track and experience

For the last month or so my old Xbox video game system has been rattling around the back of my car. I tried to trade it in at a store for an Xbox 360 but somehow my Xbox’s serial number was smudged out, thus it was tainted and dubbed “un-tade-in-able.” Around the same time my roommate mike moved out, taking with him his toaster. I never realized how much I enjoyed warm bread. It’s funny how you don’t realize what you have until it’s gone. Sad. Anyway, one of the local radio stations hosts a buy and sell show appropriately titled “Tradio.” Thus I put in my somewhat one sided trade request and now I am happy to say I am the proud owner of a toaster that is possibly from the 70’s. It’s clean and browns bread. What more could a guy want?

The Black Hole of Europe So after about 11 days, Jon and I finally escaped Lagos’s suction. It was hard but as some of you have heard, Jon got mugged at gun point a couple days back…This made it easier to leave. He is OK and very lucky to be. He had been using the phone across from the hostel, as he did almost every night. He got everything important taken but fortunately they tossed his passport, visa and debit card and someone turned them into the police. So he lost his Euro rail but we do have a protection plan that will reimburse him for a portion. Again, just lucky he did not get hurt bad. Too bad that happened as I’m sure Lagos was Jon’s favorite place. We met a lot of cool people while staying at the “Rising Cock hostel” A definite party place and it will be missed, as will the black hole of Europe. But time to move on. In Seville Spain now and are going to take it easy for a couple days. Need a vacation from the vacation. It was 31 degree...