I took some time out to travel to the north. That won’t be your thing if you enjoy reliable weather, warm temperatures and a beach holiday.
The north is rough and if I can guarantee you something, it’s
that it’ll rain at least once if not several times. It will be cold and windy
but at the same time, you will be in awe.
I’m a pro at airport check-ins. No liquids, no forgotten
keys in my trouser pocket. As the lady at customs told me that I have a pocketknife
in my backpack I thought she was kidding me. As she added that she didn’t mind,
but that on the way back I should put it in my suitcase I was 100% certain that
she was joking. No customs lets you enter the aircraft with a pocketknife!
I returned home. In the letter box an envelope. It had been sent to our old address, even though we had moved four years ago. I was not expecting any particular mail. I open the envelope and the world will never be the same as before. Mr Ivan Tomek had died. When one is young, death is something very abstract. My grandparents who I loved very much and their deaths are long ago. Back then, I was very very sad but it did not shake the pillars of my world.Read More »