tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232502852024-03-05T09:53:19.455+01:00Europe Is The SoilStep Out Of The Story<br>The SoulJahm story from October 2010 until February 2011.
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<i>"Life and Jah are one in the same. Jah is the gift of existence. I am in some way eternal, I will never be
duplicated. The singularity of every man and woman is Jah's gift. What we struggle to make of it is our sole gift to Jah. The process of what that struggle becomes, in time, the Truth."</i> - Bob MarleyDavid Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00335375451783869452noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23250285.post-44873597122250423312011-03-05T19:35:00.001+01:002013-01-16T01:48:37.804+01:00After Vienna<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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During the final 2 weeks in Vienna another thing became clear...<br />
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The blog in this form had come to it's natural end also. Words and still images alone can only go so far.<br />
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Armed with their new weapons, it became clear there was something else to be expressed in ways that words felt too clumsy to carry out. So with the beginning of the Music, so it is the end of the blog in this form.<br />
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If Berlin is The Heart of Europe, then Budapest may be the Belly, where the fire of creativity burns, and so from here on we say goodbye to these words and images...<br />
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Now is the time for... <a href="http://sketchesofeuropa.blogspot.com/">The Sketches of Europa</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23250285.post-5858987223586048282011-03-05T19:26:00.002+01:002013-01-16T01:50:35.326+01:00The Music of Vienna<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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Gradually everything began to fall into place. The laptop finally all set up and running in English, some instruments to travel with arrived by post, and anything else that was required to allow a more efficient way of functioning in this new creative era began to appear. Vienna had delivered the Music as Dave & Kate felt it would when they arrived but in a totally different way to how they might have imagined it.</div>
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There was no need to wander the streets soaking up Vienna's musical heritage as the Music was delivered to them through modern means without them needing to move much from the apartments they stayed in.</div>
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They definitely recognised an old phase had died out and a new phase was being born and that was enough. Vienna had given birth to the Music and now it was about to hand them over to Budapest armed with their weapons of mass destruction - ready to take apart the old and let something new shine in it's place.</div>
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Just as in the first apartment in Barcelona, the second apartment they moved into in Vienna wasn't plain-sailing. They arrived at the apartment on Eckertgasse in the Favoriten district to find Tanja, the owner, a very nice Austrian woman who somehow reminded them of Susanna, with the windows wide open and apologising for the stink of cigarette smoke. <br />
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Later that evening as Dave was "gone" lying on the bed and Kate in the bathroom, there was a knock on the door and two guys entered with Ikea bags and fresh linen ready to change all the linen in the apartment. They had figured the cigarette smoke would have already got onto the bed and couch and had thoughtfully came to replace it. They quickly dismantled what they needed to and before you knew it, the duvet and pillow cases were fresh again and they were gone. Dave stood there watching still coming round from wherever he had been.<br />
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The next morning Dave noticed the stove top had only one hob working. The kitchen was the tiniest they'd had to negotiate with yet. A call was made to Tanja who came round and had a look. She left pliers out for them to turn the broken knob with and promised to sort it out properly in a few days. When they arrived back from their walk that afternoon they found a new plug-in stove top sitting in the kitchen.<br />
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The night before Kate had received an email newsletter from Eckhart Tolle, their first night in the Eckertgasse apartment. These words were in it:<br />
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<i>"One day, something else wants to be done that needs doing. You might perceive it as something that you need to do. Suddenly you know what it is that you need to do. It comes from within, or it comes from without – some situation in your life. Then, “awakened doing” begins to happen. That doing is not the egoic doing, where whatever you do is a means to an end. There is deep enjoyment in the doing. There is not an excessive desire to achieve, but you achieve actually more - because there’s so much enjoyment in the doing that the end result looks after itself. A very different kind of doing arises, that is not motivated by desire. The normal way is thinking “I need to achieve this”."</i><br />
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<i>"As Presence moves through you, it’s not based on desire anymore, it’s based on enjoyment. It’s not based on wanting or needing anything, because you’re coming from fullness. The action is not designed to fulfill you. It’s not designed to add something to you. The action is coming out of the fullness in which you already dwell – so there’s no neediness in it. </i><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23250285.post-16905557777352898032011-02-21T10:16:00.003+01:002013-01-16T01:55:27.340+01:00The RoseThe symbol of the rose continued to follow Dave & Kate.<br />
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On the bus from Prague to Vienna a girl sitting just across from them had this bag...<br />
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On their first stroll out in Vienna they passed a shop with this displayed in the window...<br />
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And on 14th Feb, Valentine's Day, not only did a new computer appear, but as they returned to the apartment via Spar the woman at the check-out handed out a fresh rose. It sat on the glass coffee table for the rest of their time in the apartment...<br />
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Often the way of Life seems to be that when you are down and out, feeling vulnerable and confused, if you don't panic, something will eventually come to cushion you and lift you up again. A gift appears and everything seems to come together for a time. It is often also around this time that trouble comes knocking - "dark forces" which seem to be intent on retaining the status quo at all costs.<br />
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Those "dark forces" can take many forms, from the ordinary to the extraordinary, but Dave & Kate (and many others before them) are well aware that something seems to not want anything truly new to be born into this reality.<br />
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Their second week in Vienna, once they'd recognised now was the time for Music to come into the picture and that a new phase had begun, was fraught with challenges. It seemed as if a dark cloud had come to rain on their parade and wouldn't budge. It was all designed to throw them into chaos and make them doubt themselves, sucking the enthusiastic energy in the same way it was sucking money from them.<br />
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Almost every item they knew they required ended up costing more than they'd anticipated through a bizzare series of events and even when they got a break - a free tram ride from Sam the Tram Man - pretty soon they'd be stung from another direction. The flow of the previous week had certainly been obstructed in some way now that what they had envisioned back in Berlin was becoming a reality.<br />
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There was also a familiar pattern emerging here. Just as in their first week in Europe, back in Barcelona, they seemed to be under attack from all directions, as if something didn't want Europe - the first phase - to happen, it now felt as if that same thing was now trying to prevent the second phase - Music - happening.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23250285.post-41001111423811088892011-02-21T08:44:00.015+01:002014-08-01T03:05:34.467+02:00From Elisabeth Straße To Bösendorfer Straße<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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Pretty soon Music began to show itself. They had checked in on the Wednesday and on Sunday 6th February it was the birth date of Bob Marley. Late night Saturday going into that Sunday morning Bob appeared for them in the form of an interview with The Wailers on youtube they hadn't seen before. They watched it all the way through and it felt as if what was being spoken was happening now.<br />
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Going into the next week Dave & Kate found themselves watching something music related every night. They didn't have to go looking, something would always appear and stir their enthusiasm for Music. The cable TV in the apartment even had a bunch of music concerts on-demand for free. They watched The Bee Gees and then they watched an old BBC documentary on music presented by Sir George Martin called 'Rhythm Of Life' on youtube. Dave had this on tape from years back but watching it again brought new meaning. Much of it was analytical mind stuff but whenever someone spoke truly of Music it would please Dave & Kate<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>.</b></i></span><br />
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Their enthusiasm for Music was growing in intensity each day and then a gift was presented to them. Will & Georgie, two of the SoulJah's, came along with a very generous offer of financial help. Initially, Dave & Kate were just delighted and grateful that Europe wasn't coming to an end yet. They hadn't been worried about the fact they would again be checking out of this apartment with nothing (they were so immersed in Music) but they were aware it was on the cards unless something came. Now that it had they began to realise a further aspect was opening up for them. For the first time since arriving in Europe they were in a position to look further than survival. <br />
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They realised that this could bring into reality what they had spoken of back in Berlin. In that period, it became clear to them what they needed to take things further. All that was stopping them was money. They had felt it was coming and then felt slightly confused when royalties never appeared. They couldn't see another way the amount of money they needed could come to them. Maybe they had been a little too eager and premature. Jah delivered it a few weeks later.<br />
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The first 10 days in the apartment they had been out into the centre of Vienna ONCE. They didn't feel they were missing anything. They knew they'd come to Vienna for Music but had anticipated being out and about, soaking up the musical heritage of the city. Instead they found Music was coming to them direct through their apartment via modern technology.</div>
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As Dave sat staring blankly at the map of Vienna one day, he laughed out loud as he spotted a street called Elisabeth Straße which ran into Bösendorfer Straße (named after the famous Austrian Bösendorfer piano).<br />
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Everything in life is happening in cycles or seasons. It started to become clear to Dave & Kate in Prague that there was a pattern to what was going on. This period was feeling very much like a previous period they'd went through back in Paris.<br />
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Back then they'd come to the end of the money they had, they were staying in hotels and there was a lot of confusion and misunderstanding around. Towards the end of Dresden it began to feel like this all over again.<br />
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This was more than simply a feeling. After the storm in Paris, an apartment showed up for them which had a PC. Perfect for emailing, of which they had a lot to do. Now this apartment in Vienna also had a PC at a time when they really needed one. The Truffaut apartment in Paris was in the 17th district. This apartment was in the 17th district of Vienna. The owner of the Truffaut was called Elizabeth, the owner of this apartment was called Elisabeth.<br />
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As they entered the apartment they were both struck by how it reminded them of the Truffaut one. Yellow and orange colour scheme, about the same size overall, the bedroom was arranged almost identically, there was a glass coffee table in each apartment with a guest book on it... these features weren't in every apartment they had stayed in. The 3 butterflies of Paris had also returned, this time on a mug which Kate would drink from...<br />
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On the last day in this apartment they would walk a different way down the street it was on and pass this sign...<br />
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Just like with Kaisers in Berlin, they were super close to a supermarket. In fact, this was the closest they'd been, a Spar literally 2 mins round the corner. They would understand why later. <br />
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The first night in the apartment they went to bed around 3am. As Dave was drifting off to sleep he thought he could faintly hear some music he recognised. It sounded like a ukulele strumming. Then he heard a familiar voice. Was this real or a dream? The upstairs neighbour was playing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" at 4am!</div>
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Right from the beginning, when Kate said "it feels like we're here on a business trip", it went that way. The 3 days became a blur and the whole focus seemed to be on getting to Vienna.<br />
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This was a new experience for them as even back in Hamburg where they stayed only 3 nights they were able to immerse themselves into the city. In Prague it felt very different.<br />
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It is probably one of the most beautiful cities they've been to but as they strolled around in the cold the urgency to get to Vienna was palpable. They had no idea why, except that it might be the Music - it was like Vienna had sprung up into the consciousness and made its voice heard, calling them on.<br />
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Kate's feeling to enquire about Vienna apartments back in Berlin served them well. She was able to go through the list and write to them again with new dates. The cheapest offer was EUR 400 for 2 weeks. They were happy with this one... or so they thought. The reservation was made but Dave felt very restless that night about the apartment situation and so at 1am they went back down to the PC at reception. The next best offer was from the same woman - another apartment in the same area for EUR 450. Only this time Dave spotted that a PC with internet was listed. They hadn't seen that first time around. They quickly wrote to the woman and switched apartments. Now they could rest as the right one had been uncovered.<br />
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Another night in the aparthotel Dave was sitting on the bed absently singing away to himself when the next minute he found himself humming some classical music - a rare occurence. He turned to Kate and said "that's Strauss isn't is? Wasn't he Austrian?" and they were sure it was The Blue Danube - titles of classical pieces not being their forte. And it was. An anthem of Vienna and Austria.<br />
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Dave & Kate checked into the ApartHotel Susa in Prague on Sunday 30th January 2011 for a 3 night stay. When they entered their room they were taken aback, but not really surprised, by the main picture on the wall opposite their bed...<br />
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It was like a confirmation again that they had landed in the right place. The apartment served all their needs for those few days and even had free internet so they could sort out Vienna. Inevitably, there were a few hiccups, confusion seemingly following them around wherever they went. The woman at check-in, although pleasant enough, appeared to have been spellbound by them and then they found the room had only been set-up for one person and so had to be made up for two.<br />
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Later at night when Dave asked for a plug for the kitchen sink the guy took him through to the staff kitchen, rummaged around for about 5 mins looking for things, before eventually opening one of the cupboards and asking Dave "is what you are looking for in here?". Dave pointed to the plug at the sink and said he was looking for one of those. "Ahhh!" the guy said and handed Dave a new plug from a drawer. What exactly he was lookng for in those 5 mins remains a mystery!<br />
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Still it was a worthwhile visit as it confirmed to Dave & Kate that they wouldn't bother with the free breakfast in the morning - exhibit A) dusty-looking cornflakes lying uncovered in a bowl being the main culprit.<br />
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Better news was when they took a walk to the supermarket that Sunday and bought all the groceries they needed for their time in Prague on debit card. Other than this, the only money they spent was on coffee at Costa and their bus ticket to Vienna, and both could also be purchased by card. This meant they didn't need to change currency in cash, spending exactly what they needed and no more. It left them with a confidence that somehow things could work out smoothly even in circumstances that didn't look so favourable beforehand.<br />
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Back in the 1980s, when Dave was 7 years old, he used to be fascinated by maps and was especially intrigued by the Eastern Europe area and places like Berlin. He'd listen to the radio with his friends and they'd study the atlas... they could name the capital cities to most countries in the world. This song was a hit at that time and for some reason it always made Dave think of Berlin and wonder what it would be like. To suddenly hear it come on the radio in January 2011 in Berlin was like deja vu.<br />
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Waiting at the bus station in Dresden a young middle-Eastern looking man appeared from a puff of smoke, approached them and asked if this was the stop for Prague. Then a long pause as he looked at them. Then whether the journey took 2 hours, which they confirmed. He again gave them the 'stare' - a look they were becoming familiar with.<br />
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They never got used to this look. Each time they'd wonder if they had a mark on their face, their hair looked funny or if they were being understood at all.<br />
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When they got off the bus in Prague, after getting a map and some directions from the tourist info people, they exited the bus station and again bumped into Eric. He simply asked them "so... where do I get my euro currency changed to Korunas?"<br />
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Kate actually had the answer to this as she'd just noticed the currency buro on their way out the station.<br />
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Oddly, Eric had no luggage at all with him and disappeared as fast as he had appeared never to be seen again.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23250285.post-80978548850372549622011-02-13T03:45:00.002+01:002013-01-16T02:10:29.041+01:00Wiener Straße, Prager Straße & Budapester Straße<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As they sat on the bus on their way to Prague they began to realise yet again that it was all there, presented for them, even when they felt totally lost.<br />
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That second day when they found themselves walking along Wiener Straße to the Hauptbahnhof they did wonder if this was a sign that Vienna was next. What didn't quite fit was they had arrived in Dresden at the Neustadt station as this was nearer their hotel. It made sense to leave from this station to wherever they went next. But they only saw themselves leaving by train...<br />
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They hadn't anticipated going anywhere by bus. Now they actually had left from the very train station Wiener Straße ran along. In fact, the square directly in front of the station is called Wiener Platz.<br />
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Not only that but the main shopping street perpendicular to the station and leading up to it, which they walked along everyday, is called Prager Straße.<br />
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Close by is Budapester Straße. Was Budapest on the horizon? They couldn't see anywhere else in the frame after Vienna. Before they were gone Dave left a message for the maid service at the hotel... <br />
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On Saturday 29th January 2011, Dave & Kate spent most of the afternoon and evening in a newsagent within the Central Station perched on stools at 1 of the 4 internet terminals, hearing the chants of the Dynamo Dresden football fans, on their way and returning from the match, echo around the train station.<br />
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Not the most pleasant setting for trying to get down to the business of figuring out where and how they could stay the next night somewhere. It was becoming increasingly clear that going straight to Vienna was out of the picture. The train tickets from Dresden, which had been around €58 all up at the beginning of the week, had now more than tripled in price.<br />
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They began looking at alternatives... maybe stopping off in Munich for a night or two, or somewhere else in Germany. Each place they looked at there was a brick wall as they were so last minute in booking all prices were way out of their league. Yet again Life narrowed it down to no choice to be made - the only option was to go to Prague for a few nights and then onto Vienna.<br />
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They had ruled Prague out after finding out it wasn't in the euro currency zone. It was still going to be a lot cheaper than anywhere else in Europe at this point. Pretty soon they started to come across very cheap hotels and then they saw this aparthotel at €20 Euros per night. It was basic but importantly had cooking facilities. Still they weren't sure about committing, continuing to look for a bit longer. They were so absorbed in this that they forgot all about tea and when they finally got round to getting something to eat all they could find open was a shopping centre with not-so-nice bratwursts.<br />
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Then the right one made its appearance. Kate spotted another aparthotel called 'Apart Hotel Susa'. It was a few euros more per night but looked more comfortable inside with better facilities. They made the booking and then set about looking into how to get to Prague from Dresden. The train was something like €68 all up - great in relation to other fares. But there was also the bus now an option. It took the same travel time as the train and cost more than €20 less. Only trouble was it was too late now to book online and the ticket centre within the train station had also closed for the day.<br />
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The tourist info girl told them their only option was to turn up in the morning at the bus and buy a ticket from the driver. When they asked if the bus was usually busy she replied yes.<br />
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It was now past the middle of the week and nothing had shown up. Dave & Kate carried on as usual, fully aware of their situation, but not overly phased by it.<br />
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When it came to Friday morning (they were due to check-out on Sunday) they took their clothes to a launderette down the road. There was still no room for this Europe thing to fail. They weren't doing anything from their own will to keep it afloat, they simply had seen enough times that something was going on.<br />
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They arrived at the internet terminal in the afternoon after a brief period of confusion and turmoil and discovered a gift had been given to them yet again. A couple of SoulJah's, Brian & Agnes, had come to the rescue with funding to take them on to Vienna for a week or two.<br />
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Dave & Kate returned to the hotel that night not overly joyous but just extremely grateful for what had been given. It still didn't change their situation. As there was only effectively a day to sort out accomodation and travel to Vienna, they felt they still may be checking out the hotel on Sunday with nowhere to stay. They knew they would not rush themselves just for the sake of it.<br />
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While at the internet point they also checked out two other places, more out of curiosity than anything else. They couldn't remember if Czech Rep. and Hungary were part of the Euro currency now. They discovered both were not. They had a curious feeling about Budapest, that it might be on the cards sometime. With the hassle of changing currency they weren't so sure anymore.<br />
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So Vienna it was... at the same time facing the prospect of nowhere to stay again come Sunday if no more money showed up.<br />
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Each day in Dresden they walked into the Alstadt and towards the internet terminals at the station. They'd do what they had to do and then sit in Dreißig's for a bit before either returning to the internet or returning to the hotel. On the way back they picked up a Subway and some stuff from the supermarket - usually some crisps or chocolate, juice, bread and cheese for breakfast and sometimes they'd grab a bottle or two of the local beer.<br />
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For the rest of the night they'd sit in the hotel watching the tv or listening to the radio where signs would continue to present themselves. One night Kate was joking about how Dave should go down to the piano bar in the hotel and play 'Lean On Me' and then she changed the channel on the tv and couple of minutes later there was a trio of women singing 'Lean On Me' as accompaniment to a guy playing a grand piano. <br />
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The same night Kate was flicking channels and landed upon a show with two presenters, one of them grabbing a ukulele. Dave announced he'd just been thinking about ukuleles.<br />
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Arriving in Dresden's Neustadt Station on Sunday 23rd January 2011, Dave & Kate made their way along the to the hotel on the outskirts of the Neustadt area.<br />
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They were soon back in the world of takeaway Subway's for tea each night (they did try some chilli con carne from this place called Cafe Europa as it was only €4.40 but were reminded of why they don't bother going to these places usually - annoying music and table service).<br />
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Luckily they found a cool cafe for coffee, called Dreißig, early on which would become their resting place each day for an hour or two.<br />
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They had no idea what the hell they were doing here but it didn't feel wrong. On their first full day they walked down Königsbrücker Straße onto Hauptstraße and crossed the River Elbe on Augustusbrücke and into the Altstadt. It was Monday midday and the place was deserted but they liked this - being in the tourist part of Dresden without the tourists.<br />
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On their way back to the hotel that night they walked a slightly different way and accidently found themselves in the musical area of the Neustadt, passing by 3 musical instrument stores. In the window of one they were taken by a Zoom Handy Digital Recorder. They hadn't seen one of these before but it immediately struck a chord inside.<br />
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The following day they took a different route into the Altstadt crossing the River Elbe over Albertbrücke this time. They carried on walking alongside a big park, Volkspark Großer Garten, and after a while Dave pulled out the map to check how to get to the Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) where there was an internet terminal. The only road they could take to the station was Wiener Straße, where they were immediately greeted by a wee guy with some flowers...<br />
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Dave usually received royalty payments from the music around this time of year. For the last few years they had been coming in. Perhaps both of them were counting on it too much this time. On Tuesday, a few days into their stay, he discovered the payment he'd received was much lower than usual and certainly not enough to get them anywhere after this week.<br />
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Straight after leaving MacBeams they stopped off at a nearby bäkerei. Bob Marley's 'Buffalo Soldier' was playing as they entered. <br />
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It was a blow but never affected them too much. They had been through this scenario enough times now to not be phased by it. More than anything they were simply curious to see what would happen now.<br />
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The following day on turning up at the MacBeam internet cafe Kate received an email from Will. Some money had come his way unexpectedly and he had passed it onto Dave & Kate. It would keep this Europe thing alive for another week.<br />
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By now Dave & Kate were sure it was either Vienna or Dresden next. Vienna felt more powerful, they knew they must get there soon but for some reason it seemed like they had to go to Dresden first. They had never been before and knew little of the place. By the end of the week they had a train ticket for Dresden and a hotel there booked for 7 nights.<br />
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Berlin had done its work on them. On the Saturday, their last full day in Berlin, they spent some time at the internet point using up their remaining credit. Kate felt a strong urge to start looking up and enquiring about apartments in Vienna for 1 month's stay after Dresden. They only had enough money to see them through the week in Dresden. As she was going downstairs to exit the internet place wondering why the hell she was looking into apartments in Vienna when they had no money this sign jumped out at her...<br />
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That night Dave and Kate felt very powerful energies working through them. It felt as if there was an exchange of energy between them and Berlin, that these energies were being brought out and established for the future and what is to take place there.<br />
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The next morning as they left the apartment and walked down to the nearby Ostkreuz train station, Dave turned and looked straight at some graffiti. It simply said "I love you". While they were waiting on their train at Ostkreuz and Dave was mentioning this to Kate, she turned and saw the following message...<br />
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So the struggle from West to East was overcome. The map below shows the journey through the city. The letter <b>'A'</b> being their starting point of Citadines, the letter <b>'H'</b> being their final apartment and the letter <b>'I'</b> being the Ostkreuz train station they left Berlin from. The red line shows where The Wall once stood.<br />
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At check-in to their new apartment, the guy from the agency mentioned to them that the owner was a German cameraman/filmmaker who travelled a lot. He would be returning to the flat on the day Dave & Kate were due to check out.<br />
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Whether it was the artistic energy, the two Buddha statues, or just the layout of the apartment itself, they immediately felt very comfortable here. Some places take a little longer to settle into but a few rare ones have that 'right' feel immediately. It was a lot brighter than the last apartment and had more things in it, plus a raised platform where the couch and coffee table sat and underneath a pull-out double bed. They had never seen that type of thing before and liked it.<br />
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They were now about as far east in the city as you'd want to be without going into the outer districts of Berlin. A clear sign the next move could only be out of the city itself. The next sign was when Dave opened the kitchen cupboard and pulled out this mug...<br />
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Naturally, a Kaisers supermarket was nearby and now they were really in the heart of east Berlin. Frankfurter Allee (formerly Stalin Allee under the old regime) was the main shopping street, 2 mins up the road. They hadn't used a Subway takeaway place since Paris but with everything closed on the Sunday they checked in and no groceries it was there again to get them by. For the rest of the week they ate potatoes for tea.<br />
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Money was just about out (they had enough to last the week) but the prospect of a new influx was promising. Or so they thought...<br />
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On Tuesday 11th January 2011, the signs were abundant.<br />
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The song 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' came on the radio 3 times in the space of 2 or 3 hours, on two different radio stations. Dave & Kate had been listening to the radio on and off in the space of that time and it seemed each time they turned it on or changed stations, the song would be there.<br />
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Later on, another old friend in the form of song made an appearance - 'I Need A Dollar' - followed by 'Lean On Me'.<br />
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Shortly after that, Kate found a small orange butterfly sticker in the bottom of her toiletry bag (with no idea where it came from). When she came through to the living room to show Dave, he had a huge grin on his face as Bob Marley's 'Is This Love' was playing on the radio.<br />
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They had just enough money left after this apartment to secure one more apartment in Berlin for a week or two. They were sure after this there time in Berlin had come to its natural end for now. With little effort, the right apartment appeared on the following day, 12th January, with just under a week to go and again, it was slightly further east. The title of it had the word 'Kunst' in it - German for art. They got it for 7 nights.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23250285.post-14965254950946307922011-02-08T22:56:00.003+01:002013-01-16T02:23:21.323+01:00Roses & RainbowsShortly after all the festive mayhem had been and gone, Dave was again stopped in his tracks by a song on the radio. It went:<br />
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<i>"Some say love it is a river that drowns the tender reed <br />
Some say love it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed <br />
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Some say love it is a hunger an endless aching need </i> <i><br />
I say love it is a flower and you it's only seed <br />
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It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance </i> <i><br />
It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance <br />
It's the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to give </i><br />
<i>And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live<br />
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When the night has been too lonely and the road has been too long </i> <br />
<i>And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong <br />
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows lies the seed </i><br />
<i>That with the sun's love in the spring becomes the rose"</i><br />
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He had never heard the song before but the last two lines in particular seemed to speak to him about what was happening during these times.<br />
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A few days later Kate noticed roses on Karl-Marx Allee and also Will & Georgie had just sent her some photos of roses.<br />
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A few weeks later, the day before they checked out of the apartment, Dave was making porridge and while drying the bowls, he began laughing at what he was staring at. Kate walked into the kitchen at that very moment and exclaimed "a rose!".<br />
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They hadn't clicked until now that the bowls they'd been eating out of everyday for the last month had a rose design on them. That day as they sat eating their porridge the song 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' came on the radio. Later, as they walked up to check out the area where their new apartment would be the first thing they saw as they turned onto the street was this...<br />
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That night on tv a programme called 'A Portrait of Bryan Adams' came on German tv and in the background while he was being interviewed was a single rose in a vase...<br />
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The following morning, January 16th 2011, as they sat down to eat their breakfast of porridge, the song on the radio was 'The Rose' - only the second time in their lives they had heard it... just before they left the apartment to move into a new one.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23250285.post-13809652073752327682011-02-08T22:41:00.003+01:002013-01-16T02:24:53.476+01:00The Night Of The Living Dead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Friday 31st December 2010 Dave & Kate entered Kaisers at 3.10pm to stock up on some groceries for the next few days. The Zombies were all out buying their zombie juice and each check-out had a queue stretching to the back of the store. It was 4.20pm before they got out and only 5 mins of that was spent selecting food.<br />
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That afternoon their neighbourhood in Friedrichshain resembled a war-zone. Loud bangs and explosions going off all over the place as the menacing atmosphere of the living dead grew.<br />
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Dropping their groceries off at their bunker they made their way through the streets like nervous animals not sure when or where they might be bombed. MacBeam, the nearby internet cafe they used, was closed so they headed back down the streets.<br />
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One moment summed up the collective insanity of the human race. A grown man walking towards Dave, Kate and another young couple in front, lit up a firecracker, watched them come towards him, threw it on the snow in front of them all and walked past with a manic grin on his face.<br />
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Dave, Kate and the young couple stopped, waited for it to explode like a bomb before walking on. More explosions assaulted their ears as they quickly retreated to the safety of their bunker. Later that night they watched the madness continue on tv, some guy singing "What A Wonderful Life" in front of the Brandenburg Gate and then David Hasselhoff sing "I've Been Looking For Freedom". Dave & Kate were too, with the amount of legal explosives going off in the courtyard and all around the neighbourhood. What a wonderful world.<br />
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As they sheltered themselves in their bunker, watching the crowds on tv, the irony didn't escape them that those very people who were setting off explosions and getting all excited about it were probably the same people who would be out on the very same streets again protesting the next war.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23250285.post-42363531931092431242011-02-08T22:23:00.003+01:002013-01-16T02:25:28.800+01:00VincentEver since the end of their time in Paris, there was a growing empathy with Vincent Van Gogh. Kate had begun noticing sunflowers around back then and then their apartment in Amsterdam turned out to be close to the Van Gogh musuem.<br />
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When they arrived at Citadines in Berlin their room contained two Van Gogh paintings...<br />
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Particularly going through the possibility of nowhere to stay in Berlin, Kate would remember how Van Gogh tried to express something which no-one really wanted to know in his lifetime and yet he was lauded as a genius after his death. They both could relate to that sense of knowing you must do something and sticking to it despite what the world says.<br />
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Sometime between Christmas and New Year in this apartment, as they sat down to eat, the song on the radio brought a tear to Dave's eye:<br />
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"And now I understand what you tried to say to me<br />
How you suffered for your sanity<br />
How you tried to set them free<br />
They would not listen, they did not know how<br />
Perhaps they'll listen now"<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23250285.post-78478952086719590542011-02-08T22:05:00.008+01:002013-01-16T02:26:49.712+01:00Human Hibernation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the run-up to Christmas Dave & Kate spent even more time inside, often only popping out to Kaisers nearby for food. They were finding they were sleeping long into the afternoon and it was as if everything was shutting down. At other times the same energy would leave them unable to sleep all night, especially hitting Dave hard as they entered the New Year. This would lead them into a period of napping, sleeping for 3 - 4 hours at night and then taking 20 - 30 min naps throughout the day.<br />
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On Christmas Day they took the long walk to check out the Christmas markets at Alexanderplatz and came across some wallets for a good price. They had been considering getting new ones for some time and this was the time. On returning to the flat, Dave switched the radio on and was stopped in his tracks by the song playing:<br />
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<i>"Right now I feel - just like a leaf on a breeze <br />
Who knows where it's blowin' <br />
Who knows where it's goin' <br />
I find myself somewhere I - I never thought I'd be </i><br />
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<i>Following a star - has led to where you are <br />
It feels so strong now - this can't be wrong now<br />
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Nothing I have ever known - has made me feel this way <br />
Nothing I have ever seen - has made me want to stay <br />
Here I am - ready for you <br />
I'm torn an', I'm fallin' - I hear my home callin' <br />
Hey - I've never felt something so strong - oh no <br />
It's like nothing I've ever known<br />
It's like nothing I've ever known<br />
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Right now I feel - just like a leaf on a breeze <br />
Who knows where it's blowin' <br />
Who knows where I'm goin'"</i> <br />
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It felt like arriving in Barcelona all over again - another Bryan Adams song - only this time it was for <i>these</i> times. <br />
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On Monday 27th December 2010, Dave & Kate took a walk into the Kreuzberg area and passing over the River Spree, Dave realised it was the perfect place to discard of his old wallet.<br />
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The new apartment they had secured, from December 21st 2010 until January 16th 2011, was just down the road from Pariser Hof and further east into the the bohemian heart of Friedrichshain. It had narrowed down to two possible apartments they could have chosen - one back west in the Mitte area and this one. The Mitte one was unavailable for a few nights over New Year and so they'd have to move out, get a hotel, then move back in. Plus it was more expensive. There was no choice really. Further east it was.<br />
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Before leaving Pariser Hof they put together the puzzle. There were 7 pieces missing...<br />
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On arriving at the apartment (building number 11 as they were going into the year 2011) they discovered yet again Kaisers was just round the corner but more significantly, the apartment turned out to be on the ground floor and facing into the courtyard. This wasn't clear from the description and although new to Dave & Kate (they had never stayed in ground floor flats), something was very right about it. Although slightly bigger than Pariser Hof, this was the sparsest apartment they'd stayed in yet. The TV had no English channels and the reception was erratic anyway. There was little light in from the windows. This would also be their longest stay in an apartment so far. Could they hack it?<br />
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The nice German guy who checked them in asked where they were from. When Dave replied "Scotland", there was a few moments pause before the guy simply said "Paul Gascoigne". Dave nodded and laughed.<br />
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Once he left Dave & Kate stood around and surveyed the apartment for a few minutes. They didn't say anything, they felt like a couple of cats dropped into a new house, acquanting themselves with this unfamiliar environment. It felt bare but <i>right</i>.<br />
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They knew this had been coming. Months earlier when they spoke of Berlin over the winter, the term that kept coming up was "hibernation". They were about to hibernate for the winter and this was the perfect apartment to do that.<br />
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