Holiday is over!

by Ferenc Keleman

It’s good to be back home! We’ve just returned from a short trip to Keszthely. I wanted to take Petr out of town and show him the Balaton lake. It’s so beautiful this time of year!

We did some swimming and eat a lot of fishes. Petr stopped talkin about this Joy (uff!) for a few days. It was relief! He even talked with some girls on the beach one evening (!).

But now we are back in Budapest. Tomorrow we are going to Vorosmarty suqare to a peacefull demonstration on the 28th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall. We want it to be demolished! This stupid division of Berlin is so old-school! Enough with it! 

See you on the square! Maybe Joy will appear? ;)   

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Ferenc.

Love affaire!

by Veronika Zabavnik

So excited! Just read Jadwiga's new post on her blog. I KNEW IT. She loves Petr! And Pert loves Joy. What a mess! 

I love it! It's like a soap opera but in real life! What's gonna happen in nex episode? Petr will love Jadwiga, Joy will love Mihai, Laura will love Ferenc and Ferenc will love Petr? I'm going for popcorn! :)))    

V.

I just write to say I... miss you, Petr :)

by Jadwiga Walczak 

Petr is in Budapest right now, still looking for his Joy. You know, this lost American journalist who is somewere in Eastern Europe. 


I wish him all the best. No, that's a lie. I realy miss him! I miss his jokes, his stories and his smile...
Maybe he won't find Joy in Hungary and he'll go back to Poland then? 


What else? Good news: we have a new, partly democratic parliament! Who will be elected President? We'll see, but I think it'll be general Jaruzelski. July 19th is the date of elections. 


Cheers! 


Jadzia

Love triangle :)

Hello form Budapest! You know, Hungarian city with this huuuuuuuge parliament building:

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I'm staying at Ferenc's place and still #lookingforJoy. She may be somewhere here 'couse Hungarians have the Triangle Table Talks right now. Something like the Round Table in Poland, but... hm.. triangle. It looks like it's going in the FREE direction, if you know what I mean. On 16 June we were at the Imre Nagy's (leader of the 1956 revolution) funeral. Incredible experience... Such power of everyone's hope! 

And here are some photos from yeastarday's squat concert:  

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and my new friends:

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Yeah, it's all fine, but Joy is still missing! 
Cheers, 
Petr.

Freedom!

So excited! 4.06.89 – day to remember. First partly free elections in Poland and a huge success of Solidarity! Now we’re all waiting for second round. Wind of changes is blowing J

źródło: wp.pl

I left Berlin and returned home for this one day. But it was absolutely worth it! To vote in the first (partly) free elections since over 50 years was a duty and a privilege. And we made it! As a nation – we made it. Now I’m back with Petr and Laura but I’m sure I’ll vote in the second round. 

And then what? I’m so excited to see it!

Jadwiga :)

Hello world!

My name is Petr and I’m looking for The Lost Love of My Life – beautiful girl named Joy. Read my blog and find out if I’ll find.. her! 

It all started during the New Year’s Eve 1988/1989 in Tatra Mountains. I was there with my friends - students from different countries all around Eastern Europe. And then – SHE appeared. We talked all night and the next day she was gone. 
Now I’m going to find her!
I don’t know much. She is journalist, she’s name is Joy and she is writing about political situation in Eastern Europe. First, I looked for her in Warsaw – for sure she was curious about the Round Table talks. Then, with my good friend Jadzia Walczak (cheers Jadzia!!!) we traveled to East Berlin. Here, Laura Moeller (cheers Laura!!!) is our great host as we look for Joy in sad, divided city. 

For now, we’ve got nothing But I still hope to find Joy. I think about her all the time… Ferenc, my friend from Budapest, wrote me that something BIG is about to happen in Hungary. Government is ready to talk with opposition. Maybe it will be my next destination?
If I go there, I’ll put some photos from the road Stay tuned and wish me luck!

Petr :)