Showing posts with label dark place. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dark place. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Money and Children

         My regular reader and critic, has warned me that my articles have correct opinions, that are useful but seem quite preachy and that it would be better if I gave examples, not ready-made conclusions.
         The critic is my daughter and since I trust the most the opinion of my children, I accepted the criticism appropriate, so I am going to give you example on the subject, and you can make your own conclusion.
         Serbia was a dark place in 1995.  The country was under embargo, the day-to-day life was very hard and a trip abroad was nearly impossible.
         Thanks to my friend, my children and I managed to join a school trip, going to Italy for the Biennale of Contemporary Art in Venice.
         My daughter was 12 years old ,  my son was 11. All I had was them and   800 DM savings. When I paid the travel expenses I was left with 350 DM for our stay in Italy.
        The children found the exhibition very exciting, there were many art installations and they were  flying from one to another. But ....
        The travel arrangement included only breakfast. Still the three of us were supposed to have  lunch and dinner for five days, shop windows were enticed children and me, but we had little money.