Latvia “In the great cities we see so little of the world, we drift into our minority. In the little towns and villages there are no minorities; people are not numerous enough.” W.B Yeats We sleep in. There is only time for a walk. No calesthetics this morning. Kuchmistrai is providing our breakfast. After lasts…
Tubeliai
Lithuania “Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.” Kurt Vonnegut A morning walk and calesthetics. Breakfast early. I order enough for three people and eat most of Shells. ParZona serves a good meal and decent coffee. An Italian omelet for Rachelle, a Spanish…
Lublin
“She had no tolerence for scenes which were not of her making” Edith Wharton Via Slovakia. First, breakfast at Zërgë coffee shop and pick up the ride. I had never heard of Lublin. It sounds like a cream you apply to irritated skin. Warsaw was our planned destination. Prices were steep, and when we found…
Arrivals – Budapest
Via Dubai. Two days in Budapest – feels like home. Breakfast at Zërgë coffee shop. Always Currently reading – “Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt” Kurt Vonnegut
Fritz
“I am a dreamer. I know so little of real life that I just can’t help re-living such moments as these in my dreams, for such moments are something I have very rarely experienced. I am going to dream about you the whole night, the whole week, the whole year.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky We would…
Saturday Swim
“I wonder why I don’t go to bed and go to sleep. But then it would be tomorrow, so I decide that no matter how tired, no matter how incoherent I am, I can skip on hour more of sleep and live.” – Sylvia Plath Awake at 6.00 am and running on about three hours…
Departures – Kuala Lumpur
“Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe.” – Lao Tzu The term is done, and we fly out tomorrow. I feel like a wine, but the flight is early, and I am reluctant to travel hungover. The situation resolves…
Serene Sunday
“He remains as calm at the endas at the beginning.” – Lao Tzu I can’t remember the last holiday Sunday that didn’t begin with a shadow of dread for Monday. Sleep in. Sunday means no gym. Breakfast and prepare the recycling. South Korea is serious about recycling. Every Wednesday afternoon and Sunday morning we bring…
Weekends
“The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.” – Chuck Palahniuk I wake up at a reasonable hour without a hangover. If I had to choose between a hangover and wine, I would choose wine. Gym and breakfast. It is raining,…