Venice, Italy

The Drunken Dutchman

For the past couple of days, Sandor and I have shared some conversations with this interesting Danish fellow named Yorick who has quite a thirst for alcohol.

He loves to talk. Especially when girls are around. It doesn’t really matter if anyone really wants to hear him talk. Oblivious to the absence of eye contact or positive listening cues, the Drunken Dutchman soldiers on.

He loves to talk about his daily swimming habits and how it leads to his flat stomach.

He loves to drink. Booze is not allowed in the hostel, but that hasn’t stopped him from pounding Heineken tall-boys in the common room and talking up any stranger within earshot. The Drunken Dutchman can’t be stopped, he can only be contained.

Of all the things he talked about, the most interesting subject was his artwork [WARNING: link contains tasteful nudity]. This part was actually kind of interesting because he paints naked women for a living.

He may be drunk and Dutch, but, by God, he’s living the American dream.

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