Today I drove my car to the village where I could catch the
bus to Exeter. In Britain retired people
can travel free on the buses!! In Exeter I had a small meal for lunch. I looked around a few shops but resisted
buying anything because now I am on a mission to save enough money to go to
Russia next year. It’s amazing what you
can do without when you have a special purpose.
The whole purpose of my journey was to meet members of the Exeter/Yaroslavl
Twinning Association. They were to meet
in the museum. I am one of those people
who cannot bear to be late for anything, so I got there very early and browsed
through the museum’s exhibits. I arrived at the museum cafe designated as the
meeting place about ten minutes early and kept prowling through until at last I
saw some ladies putting two tables together and I guessed they must be members
and so I approached them and yes they were members of the Association. Eventually there were about six or seven of
us. One lady was fluent in Russian and
she spoke to me in Russian to see how much I understood. I was delighted by that and was amazed to
know that she knew my village some twenty miles away. The next meeting I intend
to go to is a Russian conversation afternoon. I am thrilled with all we
discussed and the possibilities of improving my Russian. It has been an
exciting day and now I need to chill out and calm down ready for a good night’s
sleep.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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