Edinburgh, Scotland

It’s 2pm on a Monday, and I’m in Inverness Scotland, at a bar called Monty’s drinking Guinness and watching Snooker (it’s played on a Pool Table). Shaun Murphy and Wu Yize are having at it. It’s my day off—I plan to celebrate the occasion.

As far as Snooker is concerned—I have no idea what’s going on—because I don’t play snooker. However Loch Ness is beautiful, and Monty’s is right along the Ness River, in the Highlands of Scotland.

This is has nothing to do with the pictures I posted. Those are of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is righteous. Undoubtedly.

Drop everything you are doing and go take a vacation there. It’s cold in the Spring—and you feel you have a wand and are living in a Harry Potter novel.

Shaun Murphy is winning (Snooker match).

I have this feeling that is some sort of small way: I am too—and not in a Charlie-Sheen-Tiger-Blood-Kind-of way; it’s in a Shaun-Murphy-kind-of way. I feel happy and that is priceless. We’re on a United Kingdom tour this week, and we’ll be heading to Norway, afterwards.

The world is beautiful. I am writing a lot of music that I can’t wait to share with you. I am finding people on the Nieuw Statendam that love my music. I’m listening to Scottish folks curse in a bar and take digs at each other.

I’m learning how to speak Dutch and Spanish and I have plenty of good and kind people around me to practice speaking to.

Life is good.

I did the best I could on the photographs of Edinburgh. I hope you enjoy them. I sincerely mean what I say. Edinburgh, Scotland is incredible and worth your vacation.

Uh oh. Wu Yize is in the lead now. Wish I knew why… I appear to be the only person in the room who doesn’t know how this sport or game or what have you, works. Pardon me. I’m gonna chat these folks up and find out how Snooker is played.

Update: Red balls are one point and the color balls are worth more points and are drawn back out to the table repeatedly after each successful pocket.

Shaun Murphy came out on top, and everyone around me was thrilled.

WHO IS MIKE VITALE?

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Lisboa, Portugal

Lisbon, Portugal is magic. I am fairly certain this is the oldest city I have ever visited. It’s three thousand years of narrow passages between claustrophobic ancient architecture and people’s homes, dividing stone floor alleys, switchbacking narrow corridors, climbing the sides of coastal mountains and rolling hills.

A castle rests its fortitudes on the top of a plateau, as an overlook. Dozens of ancient cathedrals and arches and statues. A mile of fancy red restaurant tables along an ancient street, ready to serve steak and lobster and whatever other dishes one may desire to feast upon.

Designer stores on either side of large thoroughfare, divided by giant obelisks and marble statues that are far older than any Jaeger-LeCoultre or Prada or Hugo Boss or whatever-wealthy retail location is renting prime space on this ancient street peppered with luxury and museums and yet more cathedrals.

I nearly cracked my head open on Calçada Portuguesa sidewalks that are dangerously slippery, even in the absence of rain on a warm spring day in April. It’s cobbled by calceteiros, laying art on the ground with history and hand-made mosaics for people to walk all over. People like me. I did a lot of walking. 30,000 steps and I loved every second of it. I just admired the public transit—you know—for photographs. The train cars look pretty in pictures, from the mosaic I was standing on.

It’s a special place. Wow.

WHO IS MIKE VITALE?

I am a storyteller, songwriter, singer, music producer, traveling musician, Jungian dream analyst, all-around curious fellow (Spiritual, Mathematical Historical, Scientific), Taoist, and much much more, based out of Los Angeles, California. I’m constantly releasing new music, in all sorts of different genres. You can listen to me below, on Spotify:

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