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After
115 days of travel towards East, the Car@van's
back in Europe today !
Following
the voting form's instructions n°16, the Team
left South America to go to Rome.
But
let's talk about the present !
Tuesday
morning, we control meticulously our backpacks
before the 12.284 km flight. About luggage,
there are 2 ways of thinking in the Team. The
one that accumulates the more things - like
Marco and Vale - and the one that travels with
the essential - Theo and Nicole. Aleko agrees
with the two points of view. The first one is
justified by saying that having objects from
the World at home makes you travel again. But
Theo and Nicole think that you must feel
materially light but intense in the
experiences.
Arrived
at the Buenos Aires airport, we send all our
luggage to Rome, the ultimate destinations.
Going towards the gate, the Team walks slowly
its last meters on the American continent. A
few exercises and then we sit on the British
Airways Boeing 777's seats. We'll have to keep
the same position for 13 hours !
Aleko
checks immediately what's on TV as Nicole and
Marco ask for their first bottle of wine. Read
the flight's Anecdotes.
After
11.134 kilometers, we arrive like zombies in
Rome, at the Gatwick airport. Anew aseptic
zone, with the same shops selling the same
products, perfumes, cigarettes, alcohols and
travel kits. People here don't look like the
ones in a station: they seem quite snobbish
and talk much less.
As
usual, we immediately buy the newspapers and
discover the latest World news - tension
between China and America, new foot and mouth
disease, the preparation of the next
demonstration against globalization in Canada,
Bush going out of the Kyoto protocol against
global warming, stock exchanges a bit
higher...and also Britney Spears, elected most
famous singer in the World. On the Italian
newspaper 'La Stampa', there's an article
about us. Yo! A little consolation when you
think about ABC's interview that we couldn't
go to. For the next trip - if the Virtual
People is ok, we'll plan a media strategy.
At
the moment, we get on our 12th and last
flight. 1.150 km more, our back flattened on
other British seats.
At
the Fiumicino airport (Rome), a group of
people with familiar faces is waiting for us
outside. Kisses and warm hugs: we form an
entity, between real and virtual ! Look the
VIDEO !
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In the
plane, 3 am... by ALEKO
Aleko: "Vale, are you
sleeping ?"
Vale, a bit tensed: "No,
I'm thinking"
Next to her, a young Argentine
guy is snoring heavily and dreams,
making little miaows. My knees are
deeply stuck into the seat in
front, where an old man, obviously
incontinent, spends his time
moving. It's been more than 10
hours that we are flying and I
begin to feel it's too much. Who
never saw 4 movies in a row (this
time "Almost
Famous", "Toy
Story2", "What women
want" et "French
Connection"), sat like
a contortionist between 3 seats,
can't understand. God, why did you
make me so big?
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baby keeps on pointing at people
until his father, a fat and
stoical man with a moustache,
carries the little monster to meet
them. Personally, I'm thinking
about suffocating the boy under a
blanket or knock him down with one
of our laptops in the case they
would come to see me.
Looking for some comfort, I ask
the hostess a bottle of wine:
"No, only one for the
dinner" she says with an
ironic smile. Later on, as I
finally dozed off, she wakes me up
shaking my arm: "Your belt,
sir, there are some
turbulences". Turbulences?
But the planes moves a bit
more than a little train in the
countryside !
But anyway, we're almost there.
By the window, I can see the English
campaign under the clouds. Europe,
at last.
Aleko
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"I
feel like I left Europe yesterday.
But if I think about the trip,
colors come to my head, the spaces
widen and time becomes an
eternity."
Theo
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Dear
Virtual Travelers, it's been some
time some of you organized a
meeting in Rome for this Car@van's
arrival. And
here comes the time !
As
indicated on the Forum, we'll meet
Saturday, the 7th of April, at
Bibli's, 28 via Fienaroli in Rome
(Trastevere area), from 4.30 to
8.30 pm.
No
particular instruction, come as
you want with who you want.
See
you on Saturday !!!
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Sorry
for not being there yesterday, but
it was quite hard to send
something from the plane !
Tomorrow,
week-end for the entire world,
next Journal on-line on Monday,
the 8th.
For
those who can't come on Saturday,
see you on CHAT, at 21 pm GMT.
Kisses
The
Team
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