Saturday, May 31, 2008

coffee no. 141

When you look carefully enough, you will spot in almost every group of tourists one person totally odd -- dressed in some other way, or behaving differently than the rest. The most often it is a woman -- high heels, mini skirt and the hairdo like straight from the hairdresser, whereas the other people are wearing trainers, jeans and baseball caps. She is talking on the phone while her companions are listening to the guide's stories concerning monuments. And when they are looking at the monuments, she is looking around, at the people. She is chewing a gum whereas the others are eating their sandwiches. She is bored and smiling, tired and brave in her unconfortable shoes, ridiculous and funny as well. And absolutely unaware of the fact that she stands out...