The house was empty in the morning.
I had the whole hostel to myself. There was a market in the little square next to us so I grabbed some fresh veggies, eggs, and herbs went back to the little hostel.
Martha had to leave early in the morning for a wedding. I drove to Ribeira D’ilhas Beach to meet Chico and the other students for the surf lesson.
The grey sky loomed over me as I pulled off the main road and into the beach lot.
I arrived back at the ocean early in the morning. The parking lot was empty except for a few van life souls.
I sat on the concrete bench again and wrote in my journal for a while.
Listening to the ocean and watching the waves.
Hey Big Blue
Since I was in a mixed bedroom dorm and a common mixed bathroom I had to perform an act that I like to call “The Shower Shimmy.”
I finished everything I needed in the morning and did a walk around my neighborhood. The train from Baltimore to Newark was in the evening so I had a nice amount of time to download some more podcasts and make some final phone calls...
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