... trails while they had work to attend to. Contrary to all expectation, I was received with great hospitality and invited to sit down, poured hot coffee, given exceptionally sweet grapes and a very salted ...
... booth, where an elderly woman supervised the working of the obsolete system.
From there it was only a short walk out of the workers' tenements to Sanahin monastery. The dark church was preceded by a ...
... was not working, I walked. A friend had warned me that without joining organised tours or hiring a driver I wouldn't have been able to reach many places of interest. Well, I am proud to say, at the end, ...
... cable car, the lady, who was already very disappointed for having to wait ages for a lift in Goris and eventually having to hire a taxi, nearly had a fit of nerves because it was not working on a Monday. ...
... the daily routine had the advantage of letting me reconsider my inveterate attitudes towards people, things and work. I had been able to appreciate the importance of each in their absence, ponder the mistakes ...
... the walls were due to different sorts of natural stone panelling. There were interesting modern works of art on display, but I only gave the exhibit a perfunctory look because nothing would ever be able ...
... used to be a gym, and a modern-looking kitchen had been fitted into the former dancing room. True, even here things looked rather work in progress because there were electricians screwing light fixtures ...
... a quick shower before reaching his workplace, whereas I headed for the upstairs area of the train station and tried to organise my day.
The heat in that building was typical of many Russian indoor ...
... in the water. In a special area, a number of fitness machines were available for gymnasts. I worked out on a treadmill, then tried the overhead ladder, which had ascending and descending rungs, and nearly ...
... provision of financial means were a privilege bestowed by divine grace and not earned through material pursuits save the exploitation of other people's work. But here, right across from the former residence ...
... well settled in the Russian sphere of influence both politically and linguistically, turn to their former capital for more lucrative work possibilities. Some even come as tourists. But Moscow, in spite ...
... very ruins of the former Italian army headquarters. With a degree in Russian, my friend worked as an interpreter when the building was underway, but since then she has been going back to Rossosh every ...
... power houses, gasometers, the list was long. That architecture worked an uncanny effect on me: it talked of economic history, social implications, lifestyle, human suffering, disease, exploitation, wealth ...
... With ruthless fastidiousness every prisoner was photographed on the day of internment. Each portrait showed birth date, profession, and death date. I could quickly work out the age and the duration of ...
... the castle was requisitioned by the Nazis who turned it into one of bases of the cyclopean Project Riese. The mysterious scheme consisted in a network of underground tunnels dug by POW's and concentration ...
... money and finds work more easily, so it was in his interest to be a good student. I hoped this practical aspect constituted the best motivation.
I return to Addis in only two days, a journey that ...
... decided to leave by myself as soon as a bus became available. The first ride to Hana had already departed at 6, but plenty of people were still waiting for a second bus. All were workers from other regions ...
... hilarity of a passenger. In Jinka the bank was already closed, so I had to get a hotel room on credit.
On the square I saw two white faces. They were two Spanish girls who had returned after working ...
... had not passed unnoticed: the first two boys couldn't stand being outclassed by their junior. We were caught up with, and the child was bullied into letting them work. I refused to talk to them and walked ...
... Barring the heavyweight lorries going to the roadwork site, no vehicles were passing and the hours wore on. I walked back to the army checkpoint, and sat to chat with the soldier on duty until an officer ...