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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021AD
~8 days left
So I woke up late today and slept through most of breakfast. That wasn’t a big deal, I can pack quickly and get it together fast. There was a nice moment where I was asked for a coffee in my language, and when I responded in the local language our hostess smiled.
Mi agaciĝas ĉar nia gvidanto ŝajnis juĝi silente min dum la matenmanĝa konversacio. He was all concerned that we get out of the guesthouse we were staying at as soon as possible. We launched into crisis mode, but our transport wasn’t there and wouldn’t be there for a while. Once it got there, we were able to get going quickly, but nia gvidanto didn’t need to be such a pugulo about it.
We got in the van and started driving away from the Mountain Town up through the woods. We stopped for a big lunch at a decent restaurant before continuing up to the plateau where another more Saxon town is. We drove past Saxonburg to the Gornyj Rajon where we surprised the next monastery by showing up!
The whole trip took about 8 hours. The whole way there nia gvidanto was talking about how (the manner by which) the people where we (and he) comes from are pious or not pious, which was really annoying.
My sister is on the trip with me, and we both know about the country we’re visiting. Whenever we try to participate in the conversation by talking about what we know or by adding some additional relevant information, he gets this look on his face and assumes a stance like we’re interrupting a great sacrosanct speech of his or whatever. It’s grating and really wearing my patience thin. Oftentimes, when I know I’m absolutely correct in a statement, he’ll immediately gainsay me. Once he did that with a story I told about the immigrant community my family is a part of.
Kompreneble, mi (tra la tuta tago) agaciÄťis.
Mi pensas, ke se li deklarus novan pilgramadon por la apuda jaro, mi ne volos vojaÄťi kun li. La vojaÄťo, sen konsidero de la konduto de nia gvidanto, estis boneta.
Tomorrow we’re visiting yet more monasteries. It will be nice, but I’m somehow not looking forward to it as much as I thought I would. I really would rather go home sooner than 8 days from now, but oh well, can’t change it so better make the best of it.