Pittsburgh to Cadiz

Not too long ago, there was still some mystery in life. It was as if the outside world was actually interesting. There were foreign lands to discover, mushrooms to pick, hash and rock 'n' roll ... Life was exciting. Now it's a little different. Everything is at hand: indisputable knowledge and free porn, cameras in our phones, social media, and the avoidable reality that there are too many of us. And it's getting hotter. 1998 was a lot different. Life was so simple then ....The first...
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Not too long ago, there was still some mystery in life. It was as if the outside world was actually interesting. There were foreign lands to discover, mushrooms to pick, hash and rock 'n' roll ... Life was exciting. Now it's a little different. Everything is at hand: indisputable knowledge and free porn, cameras in our phones, social media, and the avoidable reality that there are too many of us. And it's getting hotter. 1998 was a lot different. Life was so simple then ....The first book of a series, this adventure begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Working as house painters for the summer, Mitch Phillips and his coworker Kevin make plans to travel to Europe. Long days mean nothing when there's a reason. Fall comes and they catch a ride to NYC. Buying one-way tickets from a cheap airfare voucher company, they wait a couple days for an available flight at Kevin's buddy's uptown flat. After landing in Luxembourg, they get lost in Amsterdam, and then wait for the final leg in Manchester, England. A hard, cold place, a dark humor, with stark personalities, they are greeted with mumbling accents, hard brown-hash, and stringy wild-mushrooms. Drugs and searching minds, losing time. Anywhere is better than there, or here, or what ...'Up the road a bit, after a brief yet traumatic stop in Bolton, on Mitch's twenty-seventh birthday they are finally driven to the Highlands of Scotland for real purpose. Contracted to harvest Christmas trees, of all things, Mitch battles with his traveling partner, the weather, and his penchant for drugs and alcohol. He's searching for the difference in life and the real meaning of art. He has a guitar, a camera, and a snowboard--nothing out of the ordinary. Everyone does this, right?