Prague, Saturday evening, January 26, 2002, 23:25 hours and the next day
The last day in Budapest was the sun. A beautiful sun was determined as we have not seen for a long time in this part of Europe. Encouraged by the bright colors, after leaving the apartment in the house and the suitcase at the station, I decided to wander around the city 'and take some pictures.
In those days, in fact I had just turned for work, past art, history and architecture without having time to enjoy the beneficial influence.
Given that God probably exists (Bush says) and it never ceases to remind me that I should go to church more 'than once every three years when it's cold outside and I have nothing else to do, was a thick blanket of clouds covering the sun thus making 'my photos gray and sad.
Strolling happily with 15 pounds of computers, digital camera and various papers that I did not trust to leave in the hands of the bored employees of the luggage room of the station, I was enjoying the sun (the first of divine intervention), and I seemed to walk around Sydney.
Now, with Sidney Budapest has little to do but as you know the human psyche does not always follow the laws of logic, especially in the field of spontaneous associations, so relax and read your activities leaving aside the 'criticism if it worked you would not be reading some of these lines, but maybe something more 'serious and edifying.
Back to us ... I went as the beautiful donzelletta for the campaign among the Magyars when I finished in front of a nice piece of Church that stood near the beautiful and powerful at the bus station. It was getting cold and now my arm amputated due to the weight of the computer accentuated my curiosity 'into the interior of the Church (St. Istvan or something) and in particular of the benches. Assuming that they are ignorant of fear, the result of a high school programmers accountants where the last things you teach are just thinking and planning, I have to admit that I have seen so many churches that I have the full xxxxx, in particular of ' inside. The fact 'that I was reading "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" the dear old Hugo, and I had wanted to see what it felt like. Result: no, unfortunately.
This is not to say that churches are boring, but who either have a minimum of culture o 'better leave this alone. I derive pleasure humbly that the key cultural traveler books are.
I read two books, church-centric: "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follet and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Hugo. Now I want to see me the churches of which they speak 'cause I have to imagine, I know ... the history books have made them live.
So the new rule and ': ruining your eyes on the books before going to see the cities' history.
Actually 'there' another system for those who just do not want to read: build your own city's history '. I mean '? That is to say 'go there a lot of times so' that after a few years, passing that way you will remember events and situations.
First, for example, I walked by the sellers of cheese sandwiches and almost put me to laugh 'cause I had thought to go to them with a sign saying: 100 - 25 =?
and ask them the result, ahahahahah! I swear that this story of changing wrong (see previous report) and 'too strong' cause it inherent in the gesture of innocence. That is to say 'I am convinced that these ladies have constructed a philosophical system that would justify morally the catch (wealthy tourists, too many taxes, too cold, low prices ...) and then do so without any guilt.
In short, here I am in this apartment on Krakovska look down 'through the window and see the street where for the last time I saw my car and hope to see it reappear every time, maybe a different color or with a different license. I walk and I find myself imagining the situation, run upstairs to get the keys, take her away, go to the police, etc. ... illusions.
In the room where Manu and his girlfriend were there are now two Poles, not the other.
I just saw a friend and we drank wine, and then she 'went home and I am here to re-read "In Patagonia" Chatwin.
At one point I read this sentence: "In 1865, 153 Welsh settlers landed (...), they had searched all over the world a piece of vacant land and not polluted by the British (...), the Argentine government granted them land along the river (...) ".
It comes suddenly lighting that makes me get a pen and mark the exact time on the book idea: to create a colony in some island, perhaps in Indonesia.
The idea is not 'new course, Paul (right here in Prague), spoke of "Free Island", an island where you can' who wants to come and do what he wants. We had discussed, but more 'now and had not concluded. Now, reading this, I can think of is that maybe ... ie 'by creating an association supported maybe even talk to some town or company, you may submit to the Indonesian government (or Thai, Filipino ..) and ask them to be assign an island to develop tourism. Starting from the prosaic fact that you hear politicians talk about money are moved, that in Indonesia there are about 8000, (eight thousand) uninhabited islands, and which by the way the Indonesian government is pushing to colonize the Javanese (and which ones do not have really want) ... I came to the conclusion that you could try, right? In short, I have already 'pinned King-President-Director of the island and I'll settle for a salary of 1550 Indo-Euro per month (1 Euro = 1 Euro-Indo), Paul Chamberlain of the court and do it in charge of practicability', the rest of the people we bring on the way.
Forbid the music of Ramazzotti and Laura Pausini can 'only be a waitress, anyone who has been with Alpine and e-Tour' liked to apply for a visa (50 Euros for 20 Indo-days), we ban the plastic, put Internet ADSL and car thieves in the Czech Republic we give food to the sharks, while the Slovaks to termites.
Ok, I'm raving, but the idea is not 'bad, huh?
I know, I think already 'to hear all the' but 'and' but '"and see the smirk of the skeptics but remember Christopher Columbus when he said that he had come to India and no one believed him (and in fact ...).
However, remember the date of January 27, 2002, and 'destined to make history.
