cat power / end of tour in milan

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Europe4 Milan1 08-05-2007 02:54

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Milan is sunny after rainy Switzerland
May feels like May again.
the tour bus drove by the 3 apartments I lived at from 3 to 33 years old.
the driver had the wrong street name in the GPS - so I got a free tour of my past places.

pastries and coffee at sissi's after a few days of just instant coffee.
orange peels covered in dark dark chocolate.
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dropped off my suitcase at my brother's apt
fabrizio gives me a ride with his girlfriends audi convertible.

outside the club -
the sun still shining at 8 pm
the catering is good
but the sound is not great.

there is peanut butter - " american nutty" brand.
i wonder if it makes sense.
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after the show we end up at bar magenta
2 bottles of wine and parma ham -
i see old friends - there is not enough time to talk to all.
a local established popstar that makes good wine on the side - picks up the tab for all of us.

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the tour bus leaves for bologna and rome
i stay in the city where i was born - the city i dont call home anymore.

I see things i was not able to see when i lived her -
that is the beauty of leaving - the beauty of traveling.

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i do a medical -
just to check about the cough i had for a week
just pollen allergies and too much sudafed irritated my sinuses.

need hypertonic wash and cortisone spray.
no infections - no disease - everything is fine.
ekg and blood tests - all good
the doctor tells me "just eat a bit more meat!"
dont get enough B12 just by vitamin supplement pills.
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parco sempione is so beautiful
dark burgundy colored leaves and all sort of trees -
people playing football and basketball"

this polish artist made an installation in the park -
a huge floating replica of his naked self.
children are amused -
just some old wino is complaining.
it looks amazing the way it floats and moves,
would they show something like this in central park nyc?

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I have goodbye "aperitivo" at le colonne di san lorenzo with fabrizio and his friends -
i like this place - in the spring and summer you are just outside - no cars - just hanging out drinking wine / beer / mojitos by the oldest remains of the old city.

inside the bar this burly guy says :"still here!?"
he was the local promoter at the cat power show.

as
i walk outside this girl comes up to me with a smile
and says hello.
so unexpected -
I remember her!
so many years ago now
she used to work at this pub not far from where i used to live here.
attractive Brazilian from rio grande do sul.

a one way ticket to nyc knowing i was not coming back to live in milan.
she was going to travel around the world - live in london and in Brazil.

she was the last romance i had in italy. she was fun - i knew we were going to different adventures.
we crossed and life changed a lot just after that.
it was a fun good - goodbye
feels from a semi-different era

she just moved back to milan.
small world - many coincidences,
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cocktails to go
young kids that on a park bench.

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glad i left -
glad i dont live here anymore -
too many people i saw here just like getting caught in a trap

i can just appreciate being here for a while -
i walk around
i remember the good things of the past
i know i have moved on/elsewhere