Thursday, May 17, 2007

Nafplio (and a new way to write)

Well, once in the
      constant repetition
              of the same play,
            the roles have to be reassigned,
                        the story should get out
                   of the ordinary
                            to get you
                              going on and on.
              Otherwise, days will be the same,
                        people will look alike
                               and even your actions
                                  will seem meaningless.
So, what better than small vacations?
        a weekend to a different place
               doesn't matter that you are
                           with the same faces
                 even better makes the journey
                        more relaxed. and provides you
                                  with the freedom to be
                                            alone
                                and enjoy things that matter.
Yes, I really enjoyed previous weekend
              For me was a chance to get
                      away from everything.
                            Cause I find myself
                       building up anger towards
                                 those that seems to be
                                     against my way of living.
Nafplio was great, relaxed, easy going
         and the company, without demands.
                   I had the chance to swim,
                       my first, and the second
                             for this year. But be aware.
                     Even at this period sun is a killer.
                             Hopefully
                       more chances will rise up.
We haven't been to Palamidi
            the castle were Kolokotronis was
                            imprisoned, in a dark cell,
                                   almost leaving him blind,
                                      as the myth (history)
                                           tell us. We didn't even
                          had the chance to
                               "climb" all 999 stairs to the top
                                         but walking in the
                                     narrow alleys was relaxing.
                            People were nice and it appeared
                                   that they really cared about
                                           the old city. To be proper and beautifull.
             I've been there before, when I
                      was young, like 10-12, so I do not remember
                                anything. Maybe a feeling of those stairs.
Also, as for Acrocorinth
         (the castle at the old Corinth up in the mountain)
                   Palamidi was beautifully illuminated.
                            I would like to attend to this spectacle
                                   in a less luminated area. But,
                                         nothing is perfect.
                                            The gate build by Italians
                                            (from Venice-citizents anyway,
                                                      different country back then)
                           with their symbol of the lion
                                           carved at the walls, was fearsome.
     Also I liked the way modern hotels or houses
                   fit to the scenery, being one with
                           the old, an example for the rest.
The sea at Karathona was quite warm
           for the season, and the contradiction
                               with the warm and humid
                           weather was rejuvenated.
I do not know how Nafplio
             is during high season
                   but this time of year it felt great.
By the way the house we were
               staying, was so isolated,
                            surrounded by orange blossom trees,
                                 and palms
                             that felt like being alone, as in a monastery.
                And the company was great.
                        I enjoyed the talk we had Saturday night
                                just before we go down-town.
We attended
          Eurovision at the "plaza" of the old town.
                  I think that there was
                          not a single song i could
                                 enjoy.
The bad thing is the high secutity prison
       and the "agrarian" prison, is so close
              to new Nafplio, in a populated area.
                     Why don't prisons in an isolated area
                              like Imia? This will be prison in a
                                   higher meaning. No escape.

P.S. The reason for writing like this raised after reading this and this article, that correspond to the efforts of liveink, a company, or something like that that did some research on how people read. They concluded that the eye sees only a spherical portion of a text and focuses on the surrounding area. So as long as a text is formed in succession of lines of no more than 30 characters it would be easier to read.
So what do you think?

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