down and out in the alps

it feels like disney world here. alpine tourist towns remind me of the sutters mill old west logging ride or maybe the shops all selling ear mouse hats. crowded hostels at every pass with motorized trollrys carrying the vacationing family from village to hostel. loud claustrophobic not my idea of a remote escape.

posting from black and white nooter-touch hack ebook reader. touchscreen so corrections difficult. 30000 electric books on it. at 10000 feet hostels serve cafe with wifi. I do not sleep at these places ack.

in 5 days I have read 3 books 3 shakespear plays and some of his sonnets. and walked 175 kilometers. tapered to nothing with codeine ethylmorphine tablets. back in paris tomorrow.

 

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Back in France. After sleeping on the ground or in ruined buildings for a week I'm treating myself to a night on a hotel before I take the train back to Paris. First thing I did was buy a box of codeine at each of chamonix' four pharmacies and eat all of them. Now I'm itching like a fiend. I went about three days without anything.