I have hit the mark; it's all about daily routines now with the sprinkling shiny bits of new places to see, new nuances to catch and broadening my shades of happiness of living somewhere else.
I've pondered upon listing down things that have caught my attention during my ten-storey lifestyle. Because, here I witness people stepping into the trams with their eyes firmly fixed on a leaves of a book in their hands; I have been complimented by a friendly stranger who once visited Finland and praised my 'rock style', that gentle old lady, I've learned that Hungarians are everywhere in the neighboring countries as well because they used to cover a plenty more land, such rich history, and down at the door there's always a guard or two with whom I exchange smiles and szia's before stepping in or out. I've noticed the homeless and the poor sleeping at the quiet spots on the metro stations, beggars and signs and plethora of parks soon turning to the brightest green and my inability to remember the direction my Google Maps app points me to go in order to catch the bus back home, and how sunshine burns through the thick winter coat when I sit in the park and read a book.
When I went to Vienna, I immediately thought of the word "polished". After my home streets and the romantic splendor of ragged meeting the sophisticated, it's just felt like an item of smooth surface. Nevertheless, I was charmed with the details and followed a day in the tracks of my partner, who used to live and work there in 2011. Special happy moments occurred when I met the Sphynx at the
Belvedere; I had an old friend from my exchange in New Zealand to show me places and discuss how the time has flied - and it has, we last saw each other 2007. I'll never forget New Zealand either, but a word for it in my memory is a combination of mountainy green and cold mornings. Oh Aotearoa.
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Garden, upper Belvedere. |
Next week I'm going back home for a few days, initially intending to surprise my partner, but since one of the cats is having eye issues I decided to spill the beans to make both of our lives a bit easier that moment. Before that, a dear friend of mine will hit the town and we'll have time to catch up on each others lives. Yes, summer, I'm ready!