Drive

Arizona.

California.

June 2009.

I don't care if it's a highway or a dirty country road

I don't care if I'm leaving or coming home

I don't know if it's the song on that too loud radio

I don't know if it's the smell of that burning smoke

Here I go

Headed out to nowhere like a bullet from a gun

Putting miles on me and the wheels I'm rollin' on

Slide on over baby and I'll take you for a ride

I just like to drive

Well, I just like to drive

Well, I love to feel my worn out boots stompin' on the gas

Love to see your bare feet tappin' on the dash

Love to see your hand, girl, swingin' in the breeze

And I'm done burning up a tank of gasoline

Smells so sweet

(Casey James - Drive)

Summer Of '09

Oh when I look back now

This summer seemed to last forever

And if I had the choice

Yeah, I'd always wanna be there

Those were the best days of my life

(Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69)

Sausalito, CA.

June 2009.

It's been three years since I spent the months of June and July driving around the American West... Sausalito was one of the highlights. I loved that place... it's such a fascinating town.

My best friend and I have been thinking about going on a road trip around Canada (and possibly the United States too) next summer. I can't wait... by that time, it's going to have been ten years since I visited Alberta and British Columbia... 

I've got three long days of work coming up: seven and a half hours on Friday, eight and a half on Saturday, and another eight hours on Sunday. That's the only thing I don't like about my job - that I don't work Monday through Friday so I can have the weekends off.

Since I'm not going on a road trip this year, I might come home for a week to visit friends and family, probably in August or September. Until my friend Ollie crashed at my place last week, I felt at home in Hamburg and didn't miss London at all. Today was my day off from work, and while Ollie's been out of the house, I had time to think... and I realised how much I miss speaking English, how much I miss having a pint at the local pub (having a pint at one of the Irish pubs in Hamburg just isn't the same), I even miss having a fake fireplace in my bedroom... and right now... right now I'd love to get a veggie burger at Nando's. 


Speaking of travel, check out these posters from the golden age of travel...

Have a nice evening.


- Dom

Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Volvo Amazon.
Hamburg, Germany.

July 2012.

Tonight I'll be on that hill 'cause I can't stop

I'll be on that hill with everything I got

Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost

I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost

For wanting things that can only be found

In the darkness on the edge of town

(Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town)

Wish You Were Here

So, so you think you can tell

Heaven from hell,

Blue skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field

From a cold steel rail?

A smile from a veil?

Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade

Your heroes for ghosts?

Hot ashes for trees?

Hot air for a cool breeze?

Cold comfort for change?

And did you exchange

A walk-on part in the war

For a lead role in the cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here...

(Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here)

A question of perspective...

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA.

June 2009.

I'm done apartment hunting - I've spent a lot of time over the past few weeks viewing flats around Hamburg, but I didn't get any of the ones I liked. Instead I decided to renew the contract for the place I've been living in since July 2011 for another year.

For the next few months, my friend Ollie, who used to play with me on my school's football team and who has come to Hamburg for half a year of work experience, will be staying at my place. We've already been out last Saturday and he loves the city, because it's much cheaper to go out all night in Hamburg than to spend just a few hours in a club in London. 

The weather has been awesome for the last couple of days as well, so I hope it'll stay this way and I'll be able to take new pictures on my next day off.

I'm off to work now... 

Have a good day!

- Dom

Thunder Road

With a chance to make it good somehow

Hey what else can we do now

Except roll down the window

And let the wind blow back your hair

(Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road)

Two highways in Arizona.

June 2009.

Happy 4th of July to all my American friends, and to everyone else out there who is a follower of this blog - have a nice day wherever you may be.

- Dom