Thursday, June 30, 2016

Ignorant-Igorance

     Who does a person think they are to ignore the existence of another being? 
I'm trying to understand.
Wondering if there is much worse.
I haven't found much worse.      
Because ignoring has so many levels.
You ignore little things like a question someone asks you.
By ignoring that,
you are telling them how much you acknowledge the life of that person.
You don't care enough to even respond to the precious life they are given.
So this little act you thought wasn't so big... turns out to be the biggest of all.
You're ignoring LIFE! God given life to someone else too!
Where did your life come from?
Where did you get that breath you just wasted to say a snide comment and then ignore a human being?    
Who are you to decide your breath is more important than theirs?
If you shouldn't like to respond.
At least say so.
But never, ever, ever, sit there silently as if to pretend they don't exist.
This small level of ignoring isn't so small.
It leads to too many deeper things.
Whether for yourself or the other.
On you're end you have no respect for the life of others.
On their end.. they know it.
Horrible.Terrible.Impudent. mindset about life.
Please please start thinking about life! you foolish earth.     
I understand there is a time and place for ceasing to talk and converse.
But there is never a time to ignore the existence of life.
Even the smallest act of acknowledging you heard and saw but can't continue in a further talk is at least giving credit to the fact that they are a living human being like yourself.
Think about what you're doing.
Think about what you're not doing.
Have some respect for your life.
And more for the life of others. 


Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Aliens are always nice.

     The streets are like nice little fine pieces of cake. You know when you cut that slice perfectly and it looks scrumptious on the tiny tea plate? Well Austrias neighborhood front lawns are the same.
     The houses are little doll houses. With my favourite one painted green and it had a stone grandfather clock outside and the vines growing to the sky.
    We arrive in an early morning and take a walk through town searching for a place. Our map brings us through streets and a river. The day is early with clouds and chirping birds. A little rain falls. And we see our first most beautiful Austrian mountains.
     We tour a town called Salzburg and it's good and it's grand. What I loved most was the land. Hah I'm a poet. Jaykayelohel
    We discovered that soft pretzels must be the Salzburg jams cause they sold them big beauties everywhere. We ate pretzels and coffee in a plaza park. And I played human-chess with a Chinese boy and he almost beat me. Luckily a toddler came and ruined the game and also the Chinese boy started cheating. But he was cute and asked for a championship picture afterward.
We're chess pals now.
      Cable cars up into castles. That was a first time. It was steep and might have been a good rollercoaster if it lasted longer than one minute. Inside this castle there was a room about puppets on a string (it is Salzburg and remember the VonTrapp children did a show once) well, in this room I opened a puppet door and it screamed and scared the creepin jeepers outta me.
    Salzburg is also the birth place of Mozart. And he was such a genius. You should probably stop right now and listen to his pieces and his operas and his everything. Also. What I didn't know. Is his sister was a pretty genius too and had some amazing talent. But she laid a lot of it aside for her lil bro to become famous.
   Mozart and his music y'all.
We did a tour of the Sound Of Music. Booyyyy do I love thet. It will forever be my favourite mvovieee.musicandmaria.
How do you solve problem like her?
    GUYS. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SALZBURG AUSTRIA.
The people!
The people. The people.
The people are more nice than maybe anywhere. They must all come from a another planet we haven't discovered yet, so I've made a new mission to look for it. Or maybe they have really good hearts and that's just so sad that it's such a rarity to find.
We walked searching for our street and even a bus driver stopped from driving to ask us if we need help. Then a little elder lady as nice as pie itself, was walking her big dog,and she stops us saying "Good morning! Can I help you with something?"
... I know you're probably thinking we must have looked very lost, but really we weren't (promise) the people are so nice they just want to talk and make sure you're okay. How many times have you stopped someone just to check up on them? Hmmm.
    Once I screamed in the middle of the street. Because! Becauseeee get this. I saw the most recognizable sign of my life.
Guys! I found Aldi in Austria!!
(PS. I just took a break and made a probably too long Snapchat story about how I just discovered I add S to Aldi's. At least until now. Hah. Not today Bob) 
It's name here is Hoover. (That's Aldi)
I kinda like that and will probably adopt that as my new name for it.
But suruslyall. I felt at home just because of this familiar Hoover sign. 
Life is good in Austria when Hoover is around. Life was good for me in Austria because I bought soft pretzels and fruit from Hoover. And mostly because it was gorgeous but even more mostly because the people are aliens and nice.
I always knew aliens were real.
They're all over Austria. 
I'll probably move there and learn to be like the aliens. I love them.

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Colazione is Italian for Breakfast.

First of all. Traveling is my best bae of all.
On a layover through somewhere I've been wanting to go for a long time... I was disappointed not to leave the airport. But you know how it is. Time and airports and waiting all fly hand in hand. So you do what you do. And maybe miss an opportunity through Russia. But, that just means I'll have to come back. So, be waiting Russia.
     I get to see my friend of 3 years ago. I am reminded at the beauty of God's connecting hand. A person from a small town in Carolina. Meets a Romanian. In the jungles of Peru. And 3 years later goes to visit them at their house in Rome Italy.
    Lidia is a woman of great example to me. She has been since the day I met her in the jungle. I admire her so much. I am always so humbled just being around her and seeing her daily life. She is such a servant to everyone around her. And enjoys it to no end. She makes anyone feel like a child being pampered by their favourite aunt. And gives you sweet pats on the head like a knowing wise woman.
  Well. In case you didn't know it. I hope to continue learning and maybe one day can be a sweet kind lady with half as much wisdom :)
    Italy. Oh Italy. It is filled with great walls of ruins and history and beauty. I love the visible history everywhere around you. Something that surprised me most was the amount of graffiti everywhere. I was surprised at such a historical city being overrun by graffiti... it ruins so many gorgeous buildings and places. But. The locals themselves told us that the majority of the Romans don't do much about it or mind it much. They've just accepted it everywhere.
   Italian famo food. Let's say if I had to live off coffee and pizza from any one place. It would be here. I now have a higher respect for those tiny little tea cups of dark black coffee. It's guuuuuuudness is now forever sketched on my lil ole taste buds and I'll probably be craving it everyday of my life.
   Rome.Florence.Milan.and Venice. All completely beautiful places. Rome I loved this history and beauty in its old Rome ruins. And one of my favourite persons in the world. Michaelangelo and his geniuses of art and sculpture. The Sistene? I was going to plan a way to hide there after closing and then sleep on the floor just looking at it all night. Then wake up to the amazement of it. My plan is still in process so maybe I'll give it a trial run next time I'm through.
Lemme know of you want in.
    Florence again with Michaelangelos great work. And my favourite cathedral on the outside is here. Shes made of gorgeous white, green, and red marble EVERYTHINGEVERYWHERE.
I decided if Michaelangelo found a way to come forward in time to my day. Then I would ask him pretty please very nice and sweet if he would build me a house just like it. And I would raise millions of little orphans in at and they would all learn to make cookies and sell lemonade and he could be their favourite uncle.
So that's my plan for him if he gets here.
Florence is beautiful. Marble is beautiful and walking through towns with gelato stores everywhere is gud.
   Milan. Friends from Argentina. I now wanna really learn Italian because listening to Italian families joke around the table and pretty stinking thankful I understand 70% of it thanks to Spanish. So hullo 3rd language please come teach me. Milan is full of fashion shoppers and pigeons in the plaza. Charlie and I had the honour of being covered with 20 birds all over just building nests in our hair. We are fine and the pigeons are finer.
    Venice. I can't say anything now. Except please git a leg up and book yer ticket to Venice now. I'll be there with my gondola and wearing the striped shirt with the sun hat and a bow. I found my new calling in life. Gondalier. You know where to find me. Paddling all the baes around the rivers and also drinking Italian espressos.
   So this is just a .6489294% of my thoughts on Italy. I have loads of it and it's large variety of goodness. Tune in next time to hear about the time my train car almost got disconnected and would go to the wrong country unbeknownst to myself. Thankfully a ticket master likes to offer beer and coffee to two girls looking for empty seats.