He overfilled my plate with an exaggerated portion of meat and salad. He was generous, for no reason other than sympathy for another dark-skinned foreigner who had experienced the unwelcoming looks of the locals on the first walk in town.
– “How much?” thinking that was worth a bit more than the usual 5 euros.
– “Let’s make it 3 euros”.
I raised an eyebrow and wondered “Thanks!”
– “Good for you that you are leaving this town tomorrow”
He wasn’t allowed to leave for some years.
– “Hopefully you will leave soon, too!”
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A great amount of peace.. I am happy I have left that town.. Spreads of green fields with lines of almost perfectly spaced trees.. forests of half naked tall and thin trees crowded with their bare knees to yield black darkness.. and my mind wondering in this train about the point where the east gives way to the west.. where civilization and tolerance are more..