Mina A.A.
This is a collection of tales scattered across Europe. Twelve stories about travel, culture and love. / London, Paris, Zurich, Barcelona, Ulm, Athens, Florence, Vienna, Dubrovnik, Budapest, Mykonos, Venice /
PARIS--- We all like fairy tales, about love or sex, left to our personal preferences. But, once upon my reality there was me and a divorce-likely boyfriend. Me and my job and mostly me and me. So, I hit the road, the sky if you mind the details. And here we go, France so deeply in love with itself.
BARCELONA--- "In your culture, people meet and make love. In mine, they first try to attract each other, to inflame passion."
LONDON--- I think you know me. I am the girl next door. I have a recycled boyfriend and a job on which I hope to make a good living some day. Since high school I've lost about twenty pounds, or even more... Because the bastards are dragging around only feathery-fainted looking women, or a modern society collateral-product called a "female".
ULM--- Her first impression when she arrived in Ulm (Germany) was that she got lost, strayed directly into a fairy tale. All the pictures from her sleepy childhood depicted by her mother's soft, dear voice were here. All but the prince. That one hasn't appeared yet. But they are known to be late. Sometimes they only run briefly across the story, just to keep the legend alive. Happy endings are reinvented by mothers.
BIOGRAPHY--- Mina A.A. studied journalism in Europe. When she's not traveling, she lives in Florida.
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Mina A.A. studied journalism in Europe. When she's not traveling, she lives in Florida.
Some people call it women's fiction. Some call it travel fiction. Many call it chick lit, but I call it the Road Atlas To Love. It is all about you there. Put yourself in the story and go. The tales are not connected. So, you may take the same route or you may continue on your own.
But... If you don't consider yourself a smart good-looking female, don't read this.
If you think you are not ready to fall in love in a perfect faraway place, don't read this.
If you don't want to know what others think of the Americans, don't read this.
VIENNA---A few weeks have passed since that tragic E-mail or more exactly, official notice on her replacement from the spouse position. The other one has been appointed. She was surprised by the sense of freedom, supposedly that was it. Freedom is probably another name for loneliness...
LONDON---"You know what folks, even your bridge emigrated to America," I said and felt better immediately. But the tension around me didn't feel good at all. Of course, I was thinking about the London Bridge that was bought by the American guy and transferred to Arizona.
PARIS---"By the way, one curious Italian discovered the whole new continent."
"If you ask me, that one especially didn't have to be so curious," the French waiter said with a smile.
What I really like about the French, they do not pretend.
VENICE---She managed to find every spot visitors wanted to see. Or, she perfectly managed to pretend it was the exact spot, whatever. How did she row a gondola? Well, she struck a balance occasionally...
