By The Hunger
The thought of dying flagless must have triggered my survival instinct so I pushed the guy away and we ran down the steep Lisbon streets towards freedom, a truly sobering experience…it was as if someone had nearly stabbed me back into sobriety. So after this setback my buddy and I finally managed to make it back to the party, albeit with quite a story and with a Sahara like thirst for beer and life.
The girls invited us back to their place, Slovakia and I picked up where we left off, and my mate was reenacting the knife incident in the next room, trying to impress the girls. Slovakia and I fooled around for a while before she decided it had been a long day and that “we” should get some sleep.
Fast forward to the last night…my mate and two of the Slovakian ladies came to our hotel for some farewell drinks. I remember that night vividly… we started with Blue Curacao (it was supposed to be a duty free gift) but we decided to drink it anyway since no other shops were open. All four of us sat on the rooftop of the hotel chatting, drinking and smoking Portuguese cigarettes (not smart), as the sun set over Lisbon and the moon rose – I swear it was blue.
Miss Slovakia and I retired to the hotel room where I stayed on 3rd base longer than Mike Schmidt. Normally, when I get that far, there always seems to be a tsunami, or a rise in oil prices, or seismic shift in the tectonic plates that had prevented me from reaching home base. But friends, that night wasn’t the case for it was the day that I got drafted from the bench to the bed…and I’ve been hittin’ homeruns ever since.
The next day, you can imagine the mood of the group when we flew out at 6:30 the next morning. Me: I didn’t sleep. I couldn’t stop smiling for another appetite was born.

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