Picturesа Throughа Theа Pupilа Ofа Aа Traveler

Who knows, maybe I am passing by this gray house with big windows for the last time this yearЕ and this fenceЕа What about the bank of the river with the willows weeping, touching the mirror?а Are you weeping for me?а I will be backЕа Just how soon?

Oh, wait a secondЕ. Why am I thinking in English?а Oh, I knowЕа To get usedЕ

Farewell, Black Sea!а Touching your murmuring gravel saline surf for the last timeЕа this year.

Goodbye, Your Majesty, Your Highness, limestone smooth and strong savage taciturn mountains!а IТve enjoyed you!

Paths through the subtropical forest, smell of pineЕа Wild virgin steppe and golden wheat fields ready to be harvested under the dazzling azureЕа Rustling, whispering grovesЕ

See you, Yarilo, Rah, Sun, - different names donТt change the meaning, - see you on the other side of the Earth!

Dust and noise of hustling-bustling cityЕа Native cityЕа each road, each houseЕа Old and new houses, official and private, apartment andЕа Their windows are staring at you, and SunТs reflection gives you a wink from every paneЕа Red trams and windy damp subwayЕа So many places with memories: my first friends, my childhood, school yearsЕа And so many places I havenТt even heard ofЕаа But I have to leave.

Bye!!!а Drop me a line!а Be careful!

Е So youТve never been to any foreign country before?а Are you serious?а And youТre an exchange student, right?

Look at this!а Mountains!а I can see them!

Is it what you thought it would be?а Is it different from your country?

Excuse me, Mrs.Еа Could you please give me a blanket?а ItТs so cold here!

So?

Oh please, donТt ask me!а ItТs still too high!а And itТs late already.а This flight lasts too long.а And this day.а IТm tired.аа When are we landing?

Long road from the airport into the night.а All the traffic signs are in English.а ItТs so weird!а So unusual!аа

OK.а Pretty soon I will be asked about the differencesЕа About my feelingsЕа What I do like and what I donТt like hereЕа Feelings Ц it is easyЕа Like and donТt likeЕа I like almost everything!а Because it is new!а Because it is different!а But what is the difference?а Ok, is there any?а Everyday life.а Design of the houses.а Language.а Food.а School suppliesЕ butЕ

People!а Their delights and miseries, their happiness and purposes, their characters and emotionsЕ all the sameЕа Because they are peopleЕа Neither time nor distance can change somethingЕа Probably just a little bit more friendlyЕ to meЕ as to the foreignerЕ

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