It is time to talk about the
elephant in the room.
Yes, I mean that big, grey
eyesore that serves no obvious purpose than comic relief. We want to move it, but similar to a large
animal or a bathroom scale, it just won’t budge. True to most home exercise equipment, it does
make a decent clothes rack, but it just stinks that it is always in my way.
I’m just going say it: Valencia smells. The scent of fresh baked
bread from the bakery next door is drowned out by car fumes and construction
dust. I daydream of the scent of orange blossoms in the spring air but am
choking on the smell of trash bins and second hand smoke. And after three months in the same clothes, I
am little ripe myself so I went out shopping for a fun skirt and found a really
great handbag so I bought a new shirt.
I love the smell of a good
rainstorm, and that is what has greeted us almost every day for a week. Rain in Valencia is typically scarce, but we’ve
been blessed with cool nights and freshly washed air. Rain makes me contemplative, and as I wait
for thoughts to grow, I realize how bohemian my life is here. Everyday lies out like someday and I am living
my dream. I feel like I should go
barefoot, wear flowers in my hair and learn how to play the harmonica. Life is what you make it, and even on these
grey days, I feel very fortunate. Or maybe
it’s my new lucky shirt.
In some cultures, elephants
are a sign of happiness, longevity and good luck. But they smell. So you have to take the good with the bad,
the ups with the downs, and the perfume with the stench. Today I am headed to the city center, where
the fragrances are the most potent. But
it does not matter, because I plan on stopping along the way to smell the
roses.
The Gym Super Vibro Max - Shaking your way to a healthier you. Or not.
yes, the smell of a city;lived in Berlin for a few years. city dust; winter smog from coal burning heaters; smell of cheap liquor at the street corner; smell of street food wafting from the food stands; diesel buses going by; the sweet smell of the ice cream; the underground tunnel have their own smell, street cars; ....all this mixes to make the unique scent of a city; ;
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