Part 10

at that time, there was no internet

the Africans trying to get to Europe only knew the northern continent because of the tourists they saw traveling in their country

now, I could understand why they all tried to go to Europe

I wonder whether they would still have tried to come to Europe had they know what Europe was really like

these old cultures, like Europe and Chine or India had something decadent about them

for a very long time, nearly 500 years, the Europeans had destroyed every kind of culture in Africa

maybe, the future of humanity lies in Africa because they do not have this sort of burden of the past

x

but why did I go back to Europe and not southwards to black Africa?

actually, I didn’t have any more money and must admit that I was not brave enough to go to black Africa without money

what one can do in Europe, one can’t do in Africa

the lowest living level in Europe is enough to live on with minor trouble

but Africa is different, the lowest living level there is only enough to starve of hunger

x

through all my life, I’ve been criticizing European society and snobbery with all her racism and arrogance

nevertheless, European culture is still one of the most tolerant and advanced

and there is no other place in the world like Europe, North America or Australia where people can live their inclinations so freely

however, can we just lean back saying that it’s much better than elsewhere if we know exactly that it’s still not good enough?

X

communism in Eastern Europe had just broken down

maybe, I could leave Western Europe without leaving Europe

many eastern European people moved to Western Europe to begin a better life

but only few people moved from Western Europe to the eastern part of the continent

me, I was one of them

and when I arrived, they looked at me like at somebody from Mars

x

my dog, yes, I had a dog at that time

it was only a small dog of about 15 kg

when I think back, he was my best friend, I’ve never had a better one

he, because it was a male dog, didn’t like Northern Africa very much

the Arab culture likes the cat but not the dog

cats have very important tasks, for example catching mice and rats

still today, dogs fulfils the role of pigs in these countries

most of them are street dogs and feed on the rubbish they find in the streets

x


Part 11

Back to list!





Megjegyzések

Megjegyzés küldése

Népszerű bejegyzések ezen a blogon

Part 8 between the Mediterranean and the Atlas, there is another mountain range called the Rif the people there have white skin and curly hair their ancestors are called the Numidian and were very powerful 200 years before our era when Hannibal fought against the Roman Empire, he hired them as horsemen in the 7th century of our era, the Arabs came and the Numidian fled into the mountains because they couldn’t stop the Arabs although I have been there very often, I do not know very much about their language because everybody there spoke either English or French, even if mostly very badly x there was a man there in the mountains whom I met very often, he was around 25 his wife was 16, and they had already been married for 3 years, which means he had married her at the age of 13 the English knowledge of this man was not very good but his wife spoke fluent German therefore, always when he didn’t under...
További információk
Part 6 in the evening when the stars were up, I sat near my campfire during the day, I went fishing and collected wood for the campfire in general, the south of Spain is very dry the nature is grey and yellow but at the end of February and the beginning of March, it rains for 3 weeks I could hardly leave my cave but then, the sun came out and everything went green, full of flowers, a thousand colours x in that valley, I last remembered some events of my childhood and then closed it up at the age of 3 or 4, I had a bicycle for toddlers with helping wheels the other boys and girls in the neighbourhood told me to take the helping wheels off because they thought I could do without them I was not quite convinced of it but after a certain time, the screws loosened and when I drove to the left or right, the wheels were pushed up more and more into the air so that they didn’t touch the ground any mor...
További információk
Part 5 finally my eighteenth birthday arrived I did not have much money, only for 1 and a half month if I were to spend it only on food a last party was organized which succeeded rather chaotic then, I stood on the side of the highway and went away by hitchhiking it was a great feeling, the open car window the wind running through my hair and the most important: no concrete plans at all “now” and only “now” was important this feeling has never left me since x some might think it’s easy for a European to talk like this because Europe is rich and it’s nearly impossible to starve of hunger these people are right it’s a bit like Greek gods participating in battle of humans, those gods couldn’t die, so it was easy for them to be brave it’s more a bit like moving out of a situation, which somebody is used to x my money was fast spent and at first, I was a bit agitated about what to do...
További információk