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The Phantom of the Opera

I climbed the long stairs to the balcony and finally I was up there. I had seen the layout of the theatre on the website, so I had an idea as to whereabouts of my seat. There were only three rows in the balcony and my seat was in the last row. I walked towards my seat, but there was someone trying to get out of the row, so I started waiting. That was when I saw her. Sitting on the row in front of me and to the right was a girl of astonishing beauty. She was already looking at me. I forgot everything. Who was I? And what was I doing there? I also lost sense of time, so I don't know how long we looked at each other. Only after she turned her face away, I realized that the man I was waiting for was long gone and I was just standing there in the middle of the balcony. I sat on my seat -which was the first in the row. I looked at her again, she was sitting with some other girls, her friends maybe. I will probably sound too sentimental, but you know the feeling when you see som...

A Failed Coup and a Trip

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Time flies, doesn't it? Many things have happened since my last post. Before saying anything, I would like to note the following date, July 15th 2016, the day a group in the military attempted a coup in Turkey against the selected government and most fortunately failed. May they and everyone involved(!) pay for what they have done. I am not going to, however, talk about this shameful event, since I need a break from it. ... "I went on an adventure!" as Mr. Bilbo Bagging would have said. A trip to Edinburgh, Liverpool, Chester and then back to London. I absolutely loved Edinburgh from the moment I set my eyes on her. I definitely would have stayed longer, but sadly I had my return tickets booked beforehand. I got rid of my bag as soon as possible and went on a stroll in the old town. No sooner had I walked for a couple of minutes than I was welcomed by a man in traditional Scottish outfit playing bagpipes. It was my first time hearing it in real life and I...