“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” F. Scott Fitzgerald Sleep in. No rush. Dark grey clouds have arrived. It is not as cold as yesterday, but rain threatens and makes the prospect of getting out of bed difficult. We are changing rooms. We cannot afford the…
Category: travel
Prague or Praha?
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” Albert Camus Saturday I sleep for ten hours. I wake up to a grey fog and open the doors on the balcony. It is cold. I stand there, naked, until I am shivering. I get back in bed and enjoy the feeling of getting…
Arrivals – Kraków
“Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.” Blaise Pascal Friday Smooth flight. We start watching the series Tehran. I am not sure why everyone is not talking about this series. It makes the trip go fast. A problem with…
Reframing in Budapest
“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” Franz Kafka Sunday It is a beautiful day. There has been quite a bit of doom and complaining recently. After some meditation, it is time for a paradigm shift. We make our way…
Return to Budapest
“The end of a melody is not its goal: but nonetheless, had the melody not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable.” Nietzche Saturday It rained overnight. Every time I woke, the sound of rain put me back to sleep. Something so simple, so common, holds so much value…
Reading Lists
“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” Oscar Wilde Friday Breakfast at Beňovský Bistro & Market and numerous coffees to shake the fog from my brain. With a few hundred pages to go in the Lonesome Dove series, it is time to think…
Poprad, again
“He liked to get off by himself, a mile or so from camp, and listen to the country, not the men.” Larry McMurtry A strange night’s sleep. Maybe I have forgotten how to sleep sober. Breakfast at Beňovský Bistro & Market and then for a much needed barber appointment. Not a bad trim but a…
Auschwitz-Birkenau
“But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.” Viktor E. Frankl Wednesday Today we leave Šumperk. Breakfast and I am a little tired. My skin is blotchy from drinking and a bad diet. My body has started…
Slumbering Šumperk
“All that we did was human,stupid, easily forgiven,Not quite right.” Gary Snyder Tuesday. I am running out of alliterations. Breakfast and then we head to the park to read. Blue skies and sleepy villages. Shell finishes the final book in the Lonesome Dove series. Not a light hearted undertaking at almost 3000 pages over four…