Finland “Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it” Buddha We sleep in. There is not enough time for a morning walk. Calesthetics are out of the question. For the first time since arriving, we are on a schedule. Having to be at a certain…
Tallinn
Estonia “His whole future seemed suddenly to be unrolled before him; and passing down its endless emptiness he saw the dwindling figure of a man to whom nothing was ever to happen.” Edith Wharton Another sleep in before an invigorating walk. Latvia does cemeteries well. Not a plastic flower in sight. It is like a…
Rubene
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…