Pozsony-Bratislava
Bevezetes
Miert utazik az ember? Miert nem marad otthon a sajat kornyezeteben, es eli le teljes biztonsagban es elete legelso feleben megismert emberek es azonos impulzusok kozott az eletet?
A valasz szamomra meglepoen egyszeru. Az utazas szimpla tenye olyan erzest olyan allapotot okoz bennunk ami boldogga tesz. A modok elteroek lehetnek de a vilag osszes embere szeretne elmenni valahova a lakohelyerol, bar legtobben nem tudjak ezt sem hogy miert. A masodik kerdesre a valasz pedig ez: A legtobb ember ugyanazon a helyen eli le az eletet ugyanazon emberek kozott ugyanazon impulzusokat tapasztalva nap mint nap. Rengeteg embertol hallom hogy unatkozik. Valojaban csak az unalmas emberek unatkoznak. De ez nem sertes, csupan felfogas kerdese. Olyan emberek szorakoztatnak titeket akik a szabadidejukben unatkozas helyett valami olyat tesznek ami miatt kesobb ti sem unatkoztok. Az erdekes embernel nincs jobb ember. Minel tobbszor valami tevekenyseget valasztasz az unatkozas helyett, annal nagyobb az eselye hogy valaki szamara erdekes leszel. Ez tiszta sor nem?
Pozsonyban voltam, erdekel?
09.12. Pentek
2 honapig az utolso kilenc ora volt amit otthon toltottem ebbol a napbol. igaz hetet alvassal. Termeteszetesen mindent reggelre hagytam, de ezuttal figyeltem arra hogy mindent bepakoljak. Csopak-Gyôr busszal, olvasast imitaltam de inkabb arra tudtam csak koncentralni mennyire csurom viz meg a pulcsim a nadragom es a cipom is, amiben elotte nap este Almadiban voltam, elkoszonni az ottani baratoktol. Uton hazafele meg egy csatornafedelben is megbotlottam es terdig beleestem a csatornaba ami elegge fajt.
Gyor-Pozsony: Gyorben nem sok idot toltottem, pedig magyar szinten nem kisvaros, de hamar megtalaltam az utat ami a celom fele vezet. Kialltam a varoshatar mellett egy sebtiben rogtonzott Pozsony-SK tablaval a kezemben, es vartam. Jo helyen alltam, az eso mar nem esett de szukseg eseten egy hid ala be tudtam volna menni. Ha nyolc oran keresztul nem vesznek fel, aludni is tokeletes. Ez azonban nem tortent meg. Kb harminc perc mulva megallt egy nagyon nagyon hosszu lengyel kamion. Kinyitottam az ajtot, es szamomra erthetetlen szlav hangok utottek meg a fulemet. Angolul valaszoltam, es legnagyobb elkepedesemre es csodalatomra a sofor tokeletes szohasznalatal es mindossze alig eszreveheto akcentussal valaszolt. Pozsonyba megy. De elobb rakomanyt kell felvennie, ha azt nem szeretnem Rajkanal kirak. Raerek mondtam tiz perc utan amikorra meg jobban lenyugozott Karol angoltudasa. Mint kiderult harom gyereke van, felsofokon beszel ot nyelvet amellett meg nemetet es franciat. Na persze lengyelkent konnyu, erti a csehet a szlovakot es horvatot tanult is. Mivel sokat vezet, megfejtette utkozben a rovasirast is, amelyek a magyar telepulesek nem hivatalos nevtablai. Fizikus diplomaja van es nyolc evet tanitott Lodzban. De rajott hogy ha a csaladjat is el akarja tartani akkor inkabb kamionozik. Kituno tarsasag volt, Pozsonyban a centrumhoz kozel tett ki. Ott egy Vasil nevu ukran srac segitett eljutni a celpontomhoz, meg e-mailt is csereltunk. Hihetetlen kedves srac volt. Szaz szazalek hogy meleg volt, de nem irt nekem kesobb, en pedig ugyszinten nem mert elfelejtettem. Karpataljai magyar volt az apja aki mint o mondta inkabb nem tanitotta magyarul. Anyja szlovak volt es igy visszajott Pozsonyba. Vendeglatommal kisebb kavarodas utan este hetkor talalkoztam, mert dolgozott. Egesz vegig informalt engem a helyzetrol, szoval biztos voltam benne hogy nem lesz semmi gond, viszont mar nagyon kivancsi voltam.
Nagyjabol olyan volt amire szamitottam. Olaszorszagban szuletett marokkoi lany, aki termeszetesen muszlim, igy talalkozasunkkor is kendo volt rajta. Sosem erdekelt a borszin, a vallas vagy a szexualis beallitottsag, igy aztan ezt csak az erdekesseg kedveert irom. Hamar megkedveltem mert nagyon kozvetlen volt. Ez az amire egyaltalan nem szamitottam, de hogy ennyire nem az biztos. Mar elso estere volt terve, a kollegaihoz voltunk hivatalosak egy konnyed esti osszeroffenesre. Az ilyenekert utazok. Atmentunk hozza, egy magyar lanyhoz Szlovakiaban, velem volt egy sved lany aki szinten marokkoi valamint egy felig olasz felig marokkoi lany. A hazban meg volt egy gorog es harom szlovak vendeg, mindannyian ugyfelszolgalatosok az IBM-nel. Nagyon oldott volt a hangulat, beerpongoztunk es beszelgettunk, tokeletes volt. Vendeglatom Yousra ugyan muszlim, de azert ivott velunk, bar vannak olyan emberek akiknek nem kulonosebben kell inniuk a kozvetlenseghez. O is ilyen. Kesobb hazataxiztunk, egy tokeletes napnak lett vege.
09.13.
Az egesz napot a varosban toltottem. Pozsony gyonyoru. Egy az egyben Budapest, epiteszetileg ennel magyarabb, jobban mondva inkabb nemet-magyarabb nem is lehetne. De mintha a szlovakok erre nem lennenek annyira buszkek. Sehol egyetlen egy magyar vagy nemet felirat, ez pedig nem csak tortenelmi szempontbol hanem turisztikaibol sem az igazi. A szlovak es a magyar nep problemai teljesen hasonlok,de a szlovakok meg megmenthetoek:
- Csehszlovakia, Jugoszlaviaval ellentetben egy nagyon is jol mukodo allamszervezet volt, itt nem volt semmifele szethuzas, a szlovakok akikkel beszeltem, es eleg sok volt, azt mondtak buszkek voltak arra a szerepre amit betoltottek ebben az allamszervezetben. Szamukra a helyzet 1993-tol valtozott meg. Csehszlovakia szetbomlasa a Szlovakok Trianonja. A szlovak politika azota szenved kisebbsegi komplexusban, ez azonban az emberekre meg nem ragadt at. Ahhoz ennyi eltelt ido meg keves. Szinte minden jelenlegi problema itt gyokerezik. Csehorszag a nagytestver, Szlovakia pedig a kicsi. A szlovakok cseh filmeket neznek es cseh zenet hallgatnak, a legnepszerubb konyvek cseh iroktol valok. Ugye ez milyen egyertelmu? Hrabal, Havel, Kundera. Csehek. Forman, Menzel. Csehek. Egyszeruen nem tudunk szlovakot mondani.
- Nekunk persze ott van Trianon. Amire hivatkozva a magyar politikai elit kisebbsegi komplexusba hajszolja az embereket. Ehhez nem kell sok. Egy emleknap es a koztudatban tartas. Mert Trianon ota meg egyetlen egy demokratikusan megvalasztott magyar vezeto politikus sem mondta, hogy Trianon egy uj kezdete, es nem a magyar tortenelem vege. Vagy azt, hogy igen, Trianonnak semmilyen relevanciaja nem lehet a mai magyar politikaban. Es sajnos a magyarok gondja eppen ezert nagyobb. A kisebbsegi komplexus itt mar az emberekben jelentkezik.
A szlovakok egyebkent kozvetlen emberek. Nem felnek annyira a fizikai kontaktustol mint a magyarok. Egy fiatal srachoz mentem oda az utcan es megkerdeztem tole hogy merre van az allamfoi palota. Azt mondta nekem furcsan tokeletes angolsaggal hogy odaadja az Iphonejat ussem be a GPS-be aztan nezzem meg. Vegul csak megkertem mutasson arra. Nem volt nehez megtalalni.
09.14.
Az ido szar. Fel tizenegyig alszunk, faradt lehettem a tegnapi gyaloglastol, meg a padlo is nagyon kenyelmesnek tunt. Mivel egy lanynal alszom, a padlon vagyok egy halozsakban. Tokeletesen megbizunk egymasban amelyre mindkettonk ra is szolgal, teljesen jol megvagyunk. Yousra egyebkent nagyon szep lany. Vilagosbarna boru es fekete haju, feltetelezem ezt Marokkoban atlagosnak mondjak. Na persze nem emiatt kulonleges, hanem a mosolya es a nagy barna szemei miatt. De ez csak egy plusz egy nagyon megnyero belso melle.
Haromkor visszamegyek a varosba, felfedezni az ovaros maradek reszet. Jol teszem, van meg mit elolvasni es megnezni. Vittem magammal egy sort is, de nincs egy szaraz hely ahol meg tudnam inni. A koztarsasagi elnok palotaja gyonyoru. Egykori Grassalkovich kastely. A nemesseg teljes mertekben magyar nemet es zsido csaladokbol allt itt. Jo lenne ha ezt nem csak a wikipediarol tudna meg az ember. Kozponti helyen van a szovjet felszabaditasi emlekmu is. A kozelmultban fel lett ujitva. Aki akar vonjon le kovetkezteteseket.
Foreword
Why do people travel? Why dont we stay at home in our own environment, and live our lives in complete safety with the people we met in the first part of our lives. And with the same impulses and impressions every day.
The answer is surprisingly simple. The fact that we are traveling causes our body and mind to feel happy. The ways of traveling might be different, but everyone of us wants to go somewhere from his or her birthplace, but most of us do not even know why. The answer for the second question is the following: Most of us live and die on the same place, with the same people and the same impressions. Lots of you tell me that you are bored. Actually only boring people are bored. This is not an offense, this only depends on your attitude. People who entertain you daily, choose to do something in their free time, what helps you leave boredom behnd you later. Being interesting is really close to being rich. But you dont have money, you have experiences. Almost the same. Every time you choose to give up boredom and do something, you become more interesting, and the chance that someone finds youinteresting becomes higher. Clear, right?
I was in Bratislava, are you interested?
09.12. Friday
The last 9 hours in Hungary for almost 2 months. 7 of them was sleeping. Of course I left everything for the morning, but this time I really paid attention when I was packing my huge backpack. From the village I took a bus to Gyor, when the adventure actually started. I tried to read, I brought two books with me, but I fell asleep very quick. All I could think of was how wet my hoodie and jeans were. On the last night I went to Almadi to say goodbye to my friends there. It was a heavy rain on the way home, and I also fell into a canal.It sounds very funny now, but actually it was awful.
Gyor-Bratislava: I did not spend too much time in Gyor, although it is not a tiny city. I found the highway to Bratislava, wrote a sign, and stood to the side of the road. There was no rain, and I had a really good spot. It was under a bridge, so I could also sleep there in emergency. After half an hour, a really long truck stopped for me. I opened the door, and the only thing I heard were unpleasant slavic sounds. But when I reacted in english, the answer was an unbelievably strong and fluent english sentence. The guy, Karol told me that he has to go for the load first, but after that he is going to Bratislava. Or he can drop me out in Rajka. I wasnt in a hurry so I went to the depo with him. And we spoke and spoke. I was really impressed by his english. As I found out he had three children, and he speaks five languages. And he understands german and french. Of course he was a polish guy, so he understands slovak czech and polish, and he learned croatian. And while he is driving the truck in Hungary, he almost solved the carved-writing signs in the hungarian towns and cities.He was a physician and he taught for 8 years in Lodz. But he found out that if he wants to support his family, he has to change, so from years now he is a truck driver. He was an excellent company, and
dropped me out near to the centre in Bratislava. After I got out, a guy named Vasil helped me to get to the centre. He was from the Ukraine, and his father was hungarian, but he doesnt speak a word of my language. He gave me his e-mail address, but he did not write me later to hang out. After a small mess, I met my host as well. She was working , so we met around seven. She informed me about the situation all the time, so I was sure that there will not be any problems, but I was really curious.
That was what I expected. A girl who was born in Italy, but her parents are moroccan, so she was a muslim as well, so she wore a hidjab when we met. I have never ever cared about skin color, religion or sexual orientation, so I am writing this only for you to imagine. I really liked her from the first moment because she behaved really naturally and extrovertly. I did not really expect this. She already had a plan for the evening, her collegeaues invited us for a meeting. That is one reason why I travel. We went to the place, and the host was a hungarian girl, we got there also, a swedish girl, an italian-moroccan girl and me. And there were also another guests, a greek guy, and three slovaks. Both of them work for IBM in Bratislava. The atmosphere was really good, we played beerpong and talked a lot to each other. It was perfect. Yousra my host is, as I mentioned muslim, but she drank with us a little bit, but her behavior, her opennes was really natural, alcohol did not changed her. Later we drove home with a taxi, and a perfect day came to an end.
09.13.
I spent the whole day in the city. Bratislava is beautiful. It is really similar to Budapest. I mean it is Budapest actually, but a bit smaller. If we see the architecture, you can see it is something austro-hungarian. But the slovakians do not seem to be proud of that. No hungarian or german signs. Not because of history, maybe because of tourists.The problems of Slovakia and Hungary are really similar. But I dont think Hungary can turn back.
Castle of Bratislava from the other side of the Danube -
A pozsonyi kastely a Duna masik oldalarol
-Czechoslovakia was a state that functioned very well, in opposite to Yugoslavia. Slovaks and czechs are almost the same race and language, and the slovaks look up to the czech in most of the cases, and they were also a proud part of this country. The situation for them changed after 1993. Democracy is on thing, but the collapse of Czechoslovakia is the slovak Trianon. The slovak politics and politicians are suffering from Napoleon-complex since then, but this is not true for the people yet. The time that passed since then was not enough for this. The root for a lot of problems, politican ones, is there. Czechs are the big brother, and Slovakia is the younger one. Slovaks watch czech movies, listen to czech music, and the czech dominance in literature is really remarkable. Hrabal, Havel, Kundera. Czechs. Forman, Menzel, Czechs. You cant say a slovakian writer or director, that is not only famous in Slovakia.
-Of course we have Trianon. The politicans refer to that since 1920. And that what makes people to have the same Napoleon-complex. We do not need to much for that. A memorial day, and speeches. No democratic chosen hungarian politician dared to say that Trianon is not then end of the hungarian history. Not ven the left side or the liberals. This is one of ours biggest problem. And the roots are much deeper.
Slovaks are extrovert people. They are not afraid of physical contacts. Hungarians are. For example I went to a young guy and asked for the presidental palace. He wanted to give me his Iphone. I refused it and told him to point to that direction. It was not hard to find.
09.14.
The weather is shitty. We slept until 10:30, I must have been tired of walking, the floor seemed really comfortable. Since I am living at a girls place, I am on the floor in a sleeping bag. We really trust each other from the first moment, Yousra deserves my trust since she invited me to her home, and I also want to deserve hers. We get along really well. I did not even write about her. She is really pretty. Her skin is light brown and her hair is black, I guess this is the normal in Morocco. I dont think she is an average girl though. Summarized, she is special, attractive girl with big brown eyes and a charming smile, but most importantly her inner attributes seem to be really good as well.
Presidental palace, Bratislava - Koztarsagi elnoki palota, Pozsony
I go back to the town around 3 PM to explore a little bit more of it. Explore the rest. That was a good decision, I missed some sights on Saturday. I also took a beer with me, but there were not any dry place to drink it. I drank the beer with Yousras flatmate, a historician guy, who also gave me HIS book about Alexander Dubceks controversial personality. Wooow, I am quite amazed. The palace of the president is really impressive. The former Grassalkovich-palace. The noble families were all hungarians and germans and jewish people here. The palace was reconstructed some years ago.
Next stop is Hradec Kralove, stay tuned.