All of us has in their heads a group of default behaviors that we excpect the others to have, based in our education, the society in which we grow, the experiences we had traveling around…
And then, in the end of all possible calculations, there is the croatian behavior: a totally new, deep, and crazy experience for us, two latin souls.
This two first paragraphs seem a bit offensive, right? But, not all! This text is a naïve dissecation of our 30 days in Croatia - this land that put us, often, with – as we say in portuguese – a “nó na garganta” (a knot in our throat)… And it’s a reason to say that Croacia is, in fact, the ultimate country of ties!
I come from an archipel of nine islands – the Azores, a very cosy, green, and magical place, where people are very empathetic and warm. On my islands we belive immediately on the good will of people… sometimes we get disappointed, of course, but we feel good, and somehow proud, to have tried.
In Galiza, Else told me people work in the same way: - “Hola! For sure you are a very nice person, let's be friends for life!”.
Here, in Zagreb, we are now in a very different context: you are guilty until you prove otherwise. And, since the very first days I was asking myself : -“why?”!
In my mere opinion, the answer is that we have different backgrounds, past and history.
Croatians had to be alert, defendig their territory, in almost all parts of their history. How can you trust anyone like that?
And then, in the end of all possible calculations, there is the croatian behavior: a totally new, deep, and crazy experience for us, two latin souls.
This two first paragraphs seem a bit offensive, right? But, not all! This text is a naïve dissecation of our 30 days in Croatia - this land that put us, often, with – as we say in portuguese – a “nó na garganta” (a knot in our throat)… And it’s a reason to say that Croacia is, in fact, the ultimate country of ties!
I come from an archipel of nine islands – the Azores, a very cosy, green, and magical place, where people are very empathetic and warm. On my islands we belive immediately on the good will of people… sometimes we get disappointed, of course, but we feel good, and somehow proud, to have tried.
In Galiza, Else told me people work in the same way: - “Hola! For sure you are a very nice person, let's be friends for life!”.
Here, in Zagreb, we are now in a very different context: you are guilty until you prove otherwise. And, since the very first days I was asking myself : -“why?”!
In my mere opinion, the answer is that we have different backgrounds, past and history.
Croatians had to be alert, defendig their territory, in almost all parts of their history. How can you trust anyone like that?
And even if, nowadays, things are different, the remnants of this mentality passed, unconsciously, through generations.
That is the reason – maybe! – the general behavior of croatians we met along this 30 days goes totally out from our own standart-behavior-scale.
So, my conclusion is that Else and I we are blessed to have in our DNA so much peace!
Since we arrived we learn everyday, gradually or abruptly...but we learn! And I am so gratefull to be learning so much new words, behaviors, smells, colors...
To finish this dissecation I leave this text with another question, disguised (because it’s Halloween!) as a wish: if people in Zagreb dress as in Paris, walk and act busy as in London, have big cars as in Monaco, why they don’t open themselfs more, and love immediatly, and trust immediatly like in my green and cosy islands in the middle of the Atlantic?
I hope, with all my heart, that this times of change will bring pure and simple love to everyone.
Ljubav (love) is, therefore, the new word we add to our croatian vocabulary!
That is the reason – maybe! – the general behavior of croatians we met along this 30 days goes totally out from our own standart-behavior-scale.
So, my conclusion is that Else and I we are blessed to have in our DNA so much peace!
Since we arrived we learn everyday, gradually or abruptly...but we learn! And I am so gratefull to be learning so much new words, behaviors, smells, colors...
To finish this dissecation I leave this text with another question, disguised (because it’s Halloween!) as a wish: if people in Zagreb dress as in Paris, walk and act busy as in London, have big cars as in Monaco, why they don’t open themselfs more, and love immediatly, and trust immediatly like in my green and cosy islands in the middle of the Atlantic?
I hope, with all my heart, that this times of change will bring pure and simple love to everyone.
Ljubav (love) is, therefore, the new word we add to our croatian vocabulary!
Sem comentários:
Enviar um comentário