Pacific Northwest (if you discount Alaska) is pretty much as far from Europe as you can get within mainland US. I was unable to visit my home continent for a while now, so in preparation for my next pilgrimage I sent a small reconnaissance party to see what’s what.
On a damp rainy day we had some delicious gelato.
We got a bit cold.
We got a bit wet.
We got a bit happy.
We think we were the only people without bicycles.
The town was so pretty we were practically stunned.
Not stoned.
Breaking and dancing is awesome in old Spanish courtyards.
Just remember to jam before tapas – not after.
Town market is open all day long.
We got bread and veggies and cheese and jelly sweets and tacky knick-knacks and even a yo-yo.
Not as exotic as spotting trains, but thanks to good scheduling we spotted over a hundred tramways in just under an hour.
Right in front of our hotel, too!
We climbed the tallest hill in the city to extend the magical day by few extra precious seconds.
Totally worth it.
We had nothing planned for today.
Surrendering ourselves to serendipity, every new encounter was a sweet surprise.
It was much more sunny when I started.
Sea is miles away, so I guess it will make do.
Credits
Chi Michalski · ChiChiLand
Character design, concept art, art direction, 3D modeling
Quba Michalski · QubaXR
Technical art and story
Photography provided by Adobe Stock.
Tiling patterns generated using MidJourney AI.
I created the cast of this adventure over a period of 30 days – one character each. Below are the original designs, before they set off on their Eurooo Holiday.
