Friday, November 16, 2007

New Market (in Polish Nowy Targ) so far from Amelia's ideal place to live

There are some places in Poland, whose names start with the word "nowy" ("new") - you know - Nowy Sącz, Nowe Brzesko and Nowy Targ. None of them is new meaning "modern'", all of them are simply very little towns - more or less provincial. They are inhabited by conservative, traditional Polish Catholics, whose main entertainment is drinking cheap vodka, having sex with their wives or lovers on Saturdays. Mind you, that such Polish guys can't satisfy their women after consuming so much alcohol, but who cares...? Maybe the women, who try to find better lovers than their impotent partners, but they sometimes do it in vain. As drinking is a favourite activity among villagers or inhabitants of small, cosy towns.So the impotence is quite popular, though talking about the problem is a kind of "taboo" there.
Have you heard that in Poland (thanks to Catholic morality) sex is a taboo and most parents don't explain anything to their children? The majority of middle-aged people (about 40 - 50 years old) don't talk about their sexual needs even with their partners!!! Such men often sleep with prostitutes, watch porns - but they can't reveal their true emotions in the conversations with their life partners. Amelia often asked herself a trivial question, "How can they live such lives based on double morality?" Soon she understood the problem and answered it correctly. At schools the specialists, who have the right to talk with kids about love (also physical one) are ...priests - which is ridiculous, isn't it? When Sunday comes the Poles from Nowy Targ and other Polish towns attend masses and listen to their preachers, who tell them how to live a good life and gain the best place in Heaven. They pay the priests some money and feel that the God - their Creator and Father forgives them all their sins. So they go home, have dinner with their wives and kids. Then take a nap or sit on their sofas (with a glass of cheap vodka in their hands) and keep on leading the boring, hopeless and worthless lives.
In such a place, Amelia was trying to live fully, her mind was above the minds of ordinary people from Nowy Targ, and it attracted the minds of those who were a bit similar to her...One sunny day she met a wonderful guy, thanks to him she experienced one of the most thrilling adventures - flying the aircraft. Yeah, that's true Amelia was a pilot.... The other day she fell in love with a handsome scientist, who appeared to be a great friend, but a poor lover.
If you're curious, at least just a bit and wanna know some more details - you have no choice, you must wait until Saturday.
To be continued tomorrow.

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