what a strange coincidence, wolfgang, stumbling over you, not when i called, but roughly a decade later ... perfect, on the other hand, because by the time we first met, my brother and i just had revived the discussions about cosmological themes that we used to lead during our free, wild years of youth, before entering the adults' lifes of daily labour. the rusted pipes within my brains slowly, slowly start breathing, whistling. some very familiar tunes in your blogs, a feeling like going back in time, or, just completing another circle.
strange to read about your three examples of bulgaria, the netherlands and, hungaria, because i have stories of my own for each of these countries. i think, however, it is not sufficient to know about the people and their lives in other countries. we should start with our families, our friends and our neighbours. that will render us susceptible for other peoples' thoughts and emotions and help us understand the complex aspects of human social, and, as a consequence, economical interaction.