in 2 the Lighthouse we 5leep 2 S-cape X-winds, covid + bNbs | post |
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11/27/2021 | Faro Capo Spartivento, Sardinia> din't sleep @ all last nite in Portoscuso, all sorts of husky-voiced men coming + going, not wearing masks + smoking cigarettes in the commun area of the bnb, acting suspicious + treating us like intruders (+ no, this wasn't a bad dream) > we tried 2 retreat in2 our room 2 sleep but more came in @ 1 in the morning banging doors + talking loudly + they had terrible coughs > then they got up @ 5 a.m. again banging doors + talking loud + smoking > we'd been laying there all night fearful of going out there + getting covid, scheming how 2 get out of this situation b/c we'd booked 2 nights... not that it was hard b/c no 1 even greeted us + took down our passport #s like they're legally obliged 2 do, they just told us over the phone (no 1 was there when we arrived) the door was 0pen + 2 find a room (wich was a bad sign, that anybody cd just walk in off the street... completely unmanaged, basically a squat for day-laborers 2 crash in) > we considered going out the window just s0 we wouldn't b xposed 2 these brutes who were hacking + coughing + we heard 1 of them talking about a «tampone» (Italian word 4 covid test) > they eventually left, 4 work presumably, so we packed our bags + snuck thru the house masked up but cd still smell lingering cigarettes + who knows what else (u need 2 inhale 2 smell so how is covid aerosol any diffrent than cigarette smoke from their lungs?) > then we emailed the landlady (so there wd b a paper trail) + said we was leaving + not paying 4 this shit + pushed on > an hour or so later once we were on the road she started calling us repeatedly (+ then 2day she responded 2 our email + said it was the most «unpleasant» experience of her life... strange considering she was never there 2 experience it! but it was definitely 1 of the most unpleasant hotel/bnb situations we'd ever bin in... B&B Sa Cruxitta if u want 2 steer clear) > after a nice dinner we decided 2 change our tickets back 2 D.C. after reading all this stuff about the moronicron variant... was thinking of changing it 2 Tuesday but our bedder-½ has stuff 2 wrap up in Bologna + we got 2 get tests etc. so we changed it 2 next Saturday... but 1st we got 2 get back 2 Bologna (or «Baloney» as n automated English translation in Cagliari airport called it) > we listened to the audio book of Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse (which our bedder-½ just happened 2 halve on their iPad) as we fell asleep then woke up in the middle of the night b/c water was leaking in2 our room, fortunately not near the bed but we cd hear it dripping all night, seeping thru the vaulted roof... it is n old lighthouse after all > then woke up @ the crack of dawn + went 2 the airport |
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