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		<title>Pół życia spędzone w kolejce</title>
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Wracamy wspomnieniami do lat 60-tych, mojej młodości. Był to czas&#160; trudny pod względem ekonomicznym. Ale i czas skończonej edukacji i wchodzenia w dorosłość. Nie zauważało się wtedy trud&#243;w życia codziennego. Wtedy borykali się z tym rodzice.
Sklepy w tych latach nie zachęcały do zakup&#243;w , było w nich&#160; niewiele&#160; gotowej konfekcji, kt&#243;ra by interesowała&#160; młodą kobietę. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Wracamy wspomnieniami do lat 60-tych, mojej młodości. Był to czas&nbsp; trudny pod względem ekonomicznym. Ale i czas skończonej edukacji i wchodzenia w dorosłość. Nie zauważało się wtedy trud&oacute;w życia codziennego. Wtedy borykali się z tym rodzice.</p>
<p>Sklepy w tych latach nie zachęcały do zakup&oacute;w , było w nich&nbsp; niewiele&nbsp; gotowej konfekcji, kt&oacute;ra by interesowała&nbsp; młodą kobietę. Można było kupić materiały i tkaniny, kt&oacute;re były produkowane w naszym mieście . Przemysł wł&oacute;kienniczy rozwijał&nbsp; się wtedy dynamicznie.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Ale trudno było coś modnego dla siebie kupić. Wtedy trzeba było szyć samemu. Inspiracją do powstawania nowych&nbsp; ubior&oacute;w był niemiecki żurnal &bdquo;Burda&rdquo;&nbsp; Było bardzo trudno go zdobyć. Przysyłany był do moich znajomych z paczkami, kt&oacute;re otrzymywali . Żurnal&nbsp; i zawarte w nim wykroje pomagały tworzyć w warunkach domowych modne ubiory. Z tych wykroj&oacute;w szyłam sobie i mojemu dziecku modne na te czasy stroje. Było to niełatwe zajęcie, trzeba było poświęcić temu dużo czasu. W tych&nbsp; trudnych czasach nauczyło się szyć&nbsp; wiele kobiet .</p>
<p>Teraz młode kobiety nie wyobrażają sobie takiej sytuacji, że siadają do maszyny i szyją sobie sp&oacute;dnicę lub sukienkę, lub robią sweterki na drutach. Przecież to wszystko jest w sklepach.&nbsp; Szycie domowe nie opłaca się. Koszty zbyt wysokie, teraz czas można przeznaczyć na inne przyjemności. Teraz są salony, sklepy r&oacute;żnych marek i można&nbsp; kupić wszystko według obowiązującej mody i&nbsp; dostosować do swoich potrzeb i gust&oacute;w.</p>
<p>To był czas, kiedy czekało się w długich kolejkach na wymarzone mieszkanie w blokach.</p>
<p>Ale i radość z otrzymania mieszkania była wielka. Po meble trzeba było ustawić się w kolejce do Domusu&nbsp; (sklep z meblami, kt&oacute;ry przetrwał do dziś). Tworzyły się kolejki społeczne i powstawała lista chętnych na zakup nawet wtedy, kiedy w sklepie nie było mebli i nie wiadomo było, czy w og&oacute;le będą. Innego sposobu na kupienie mebli nie było.</p>
<p>Produkowane meble nazywano &bdquo;meblami Kowalskiego&rdquo;. Miały pasować bo blok&oacute;w. Były to meblościanki do sufitu. I w tym czasie,&nbsp; w latach 60,&nbsp; tymi meblami z trudem zdobytymi było wyposażone wiele mieszkań. Był to bardzo podobny wystr&oacute;j.</p>
<p>Krążą dowcipy z tamtego okresu, że sąsiedzi mylili się&nbsp; biorąc mieszkanie sąsiada za swoje. Też było identycznie umeblowane. Trudno o oryginalność w wystroju domu, kiedy były tylko meble Kowalskiego.. Ale wtedy to były dla nas meble ładne i cieszyły, bo z trudem zdobyte.</p>
<p>Na telefon czekało się&nbsp; kilkanaście&nbsp; lat.. Ja miałam szczęście, czekałam pięć lat.</p>
<p>A&nbsp; była to skomplikowana procedura w ubieganiu się o telefon. Podanie do telekomunkacji z umotywowaniem, dlaczego jest mi potrzebny, no i poparcie też&nbsp; się przydawało, na przykład. z zakładu pracy, a jakiś urzędnik decydował, komu podłączyć telefon&nbsp; a komu nie. Trudno to teraz zrozumieć, kiedy mamy internet i bez problemu z&nbsp; każdego miejsca możemy rozmawiać przez telefon kom&oacute;rkowy.</p>
<p>Te trudne czasy&nbsp; nie przeszkadzały w budowaniu więzi międzyludzkich. Spotkania w gronie przyjaci&oacute;ł i rodziny były częste. I chętnie goszczono się w swoich domach. Były to też&nbsp; spotkania przy kawie. Panowała moda na palenie papieros&oacute;w. Kawiarnie były zadymione i duszne i&nbsp; nikomu to w tamtych czasach nie przeszkadzało, bo o klimatyzacji jeszcze nikt nie słyszał.</p>
<p>Typowy obrazek z miasta to też zatłoczone tramwaje i autobusy, kt&oacute;re&nbsp; najczęściej&nbsp; nie poruszały się zgodnie z rozkładem jazdy. Samoch&oacute;d był luksusem, otrzymywało się go na talony i tylko dla wybranych. Teraz samochody czekają w salonach na nabywc&oacute;w.</p>
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		<title>Surowe życie w internacie</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Była połowa lat 60-tych. Pochodzę z małej wsi położonej nieopodal Łęczycy. Szkołę podstawową skończyłam w sąsiedniej wiosce. Wiejskie życie mnie nudziło. Robiłam wszystko żeby nie musieć spędzać czasu na polu czy na łące z krowami. Rzadko się to jednak udawało. Rodzice, zwłaszcza ojciec mieli twardą rękę i jakiekolwiek pr&#243;by lenistwa kończyły się solidnym laniem. Szansę [...]]]></description>
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<p>Była połowa lat 60-tych. Pochodzę z małej wsi położonej nieopodal Łęczycy. Szkołę podstawową skończyłam w sąsiedniej wiosce. Wiejskie życie mnie nudziło. Robiłam wszystko żeby nie musieć spędzać czasu na polu czy na łące z krowami. Rzadko się to jednak udawało. Rodzice, zwłaszcza ojciec mieli twardą rękę i jakiekolwiek pr&oacute;by lenistwa kończyły się solidnym laniem. Szansę na wyrwanie się z mojej miejscowości znalazłam po skończeniu szkoły podstawowej. Postanowiłam kontynuować naukę w technikum w Łodzi. Rodzice byli przeciwni temu pomysłowi, chcieli żebym została w domu i pomagała im w gospodarstwie. Nie chcieli mi dać pieniędzy. Dzięki pomocy nauczyciela otrzymałam stypendium pokrywające koszty pobytu w internacie i wyżywienie, rodzice nie dawali mi pieniędzy na drobne wydatki. Życie w internacie było inne niż sobie wyobrażałam. Panował rygor, wychowawcy pilnowali porządku oraz przestrzegania surowych reguł. Powr&oacute;t do budynku po godzinie 19. kończył się surowymi karami. Represje spotykały też koleżanki, kt&oacute;re śmiały uczestniczyć w niedzielnej mszy w kościele. W każdą sobotę odbywało się regulaminowe sprzątanie internatu. Na kolanach szorowałyśmy podłogi i sanitariaty, część z dziewcząt pełniło dyżur kuchenny &ndash; obieranie ziemniak&oacute;w także stanowiło karę. Po skończonych porządkach dyżurny wychowawca sprawdzał porządek, za niedokładne posprzątanie czekały nas kolejne kary &ndash; w tym wypadku cały pok&oacute;j. Odpowiedzialność zbiorowa była powszechnie obowiązująca.&nbsp; Dom rodzinny odwiedzałam raz w miesiącu &ndash; na tyle pozwalały mi skromne fundusze.</p>
<p>W internacie mieszkałam 5 lat, mimo surowych reguł nie tęskniłam za życiem na wsi, do kt&oacute;rego do dnia dzisiejszego nie wr&oacute;ciłam. Panujące w&oacute;wczas surowe reguły obyczajowe, odmienne od dzisiejszych wspominam z sentymentem.</p>
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		<title>Robienie zakupów w czasach PRL-u</title>
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Jednym ze wspomnień, kt&#243;ra wyraźnie utkwiły w mojej pamięci z przypadającego na lata 70. okresu mojej młodości, to robienie zakup&#243;w. Wyraźnie pamiętam doskwierający brak r&#243;żnych towar&#243;w.
U cioci, zamiast papieru toaletowego, zawsze znaleźć można było pocięte w prostokąty kawałki gazet codziennych. Śmieszyło mnie to w&#243;wczas, ale&#8230; było jedyną alternatywą &#8212; papier toaletowy był jednym z towar&#243;w [...]]]></description>
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<p>Jednym ze wspomnień, kt&oacute;ra wyraźnie utkwiły w mojej pamięci z przypadającego na lata 70. okresu mojej młodości, to robienie zakup&oacute;w. Wyraźnie pamiętam doskwierający brak r&oacute;żnych towar&oacute;w.</p>
<p>U cioci, zamiast papieru toaletowego, zawsze znaleźć można było pocięte w prostokąty kawałki gazet codziennych. Śmieszyło mnie to w&oacute;wczas, ale&hellip; było jedyną alternatywą &mdash; papier toaletowy był jednym z towar&oacute;w deficytowych, niezmiernie trudnym do zdobycia.</p>
<p>Zdarzało się jednak czasem kupić ten papier. Przed sklepem ustawiały się gigantyczne kolejki, bo papier &bdquo;rzucili&rdquo;. Często było też tak, że kto już kupił papier, ustawiał się w kolejce po raz drugi &mdash; nigdy przecież nie było wiadomo, kiedy znowu &bdquo;rzucą&rdquo;.</p>
<p>Bywało też, że&nbsp; po drodze z pracy&nbsp; spotykałam swoje dzieci i kazałam im pędzić do sklepu bo&hellip;&hellip;(kawę rzucili), do apteki (watę rzucili), do kiosku ruchu (przywieźli świąteczną gazetę). Nie musiała nawet m&oacute;wić&nbsp; &mdash; gdzie, bo kolejka zawsze wskazywała na sklep, w kt&oacute;rymś coś &bdquo;rzucili&rdquo;.</p>
<p>Pamiętam też sobotnie robienie zakup&oacute;w&nbsp; dwu-, trzygodzinne stanie w kolejce w sklepie mięsnym. Nie znosiłam tego stania. Do dziś pamiętam sw&oacute;j ulubiony mięsny maleńki, tłoczny, pełen towaru i kobiet&#8230; Ciekawe, dlaczego to nigdy mężczyźni nie robili takich męczących zakup&oacute;w?</p>
<p>Śmieszne i jednocześnie straszne czasy.</p>
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		<title>Obchodzenie Świąt Wielkiej Nocy w Polsce</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&amp;gt;-->Historia ta dotyczy tradycji obchodzenia Świąt Wielkanocnych. Kiedy moje dzieci były małe mieszkaliśmy na obrzeżach Łodzi na osiedlu dom&oacute;w jednorodzinnych. Na mojej ulicy wszyscy znaliśmy się od dziecka, ulica &ndash; jedna wielka rodzina. Tak samo sytuacja wyglądała z naszymi dziećmi Po szkole spędzały czas razem na zabawach w chowanego, ganiały się, wspinały po drzewach. Do p&oacute;źnego wieczoru&nbsp; przebywały na dworze. Dzisiaj życie moich wnuk&oacute;w ogranicza się do szkoły i komputera. Nie ma takich więzi między młodymi ludźmi. Podobnie jest z dzisiejszymi świętami. Młodzi gonią za pieniędzmi i mało znaczącymi drobiazgami, nie ma czasu na wsp&oacute;lne rodzinne świętowanie. Dawniej przygotowania do świąt Wielkanocy zaczynały się jakiś miesiąc wcześniej, dziadkowie przygotowywali mięsa &ndash; kiełbasy szynki i inne specjały do uwędzenia,&nbsp; babcia z mamą piekły pyszne ciasta i chleby. Żeby przygotować jajka do święcenia kobiety przez wiele tygodni gromadziły łupiny z cebuli by potem w ich wywarze barwić jajka, potem jeszcze smarowanie jaj masłem &ndash; żeby pięknie błyszczały. Wszystko było świeże i pachnące. Wielki Piątek &ndash; obowiązkowa wizyta w kościele i spowiedź wszystkich członk&oacute;w rodziny. Potem Wielka Sobota &ndash; święcenie potraw, ale nie tak jak teraz z koszykiem do kościoła, na moim osiedlu ksiądz odwiedzał rodziny w domu, potrawy były ustawione na stole, przybrane gałązkami bor&oacute;wek: szynki, białe kiełbasy, jajka, ciasta, chleby. W świąteczną niedziele obowiązkowa wizyta w Kościele o 6 rano na mszy rezurekcyjnej, potem rodzinne śniadanie, obiad, rozmowy w gronie rodziny, czas płynął wolno i leniwie. W świąteczny Poniedziałek tradycyjny wyścig kto kogo pierwszego obleje. Na ulicy dzieciaki biegające w piżamach z wiadrami i butelkami w rękach. Nikt nikogo nie obraża, wszyscy cieszą się wsp&oacute;lnymi świętami. Dawne czasy, teraz zostały wspomnienia&hellip;&hellip;..smak&oacute;w, zapach&oacute;w. Dzisiaj w koszyczku baranki &bdquo;Made in China&rdquo;. Smutno, że moje wnuki nie poznają takich Świat.</p>
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		<title>Uma viagem-aventura em carrinha VW em 1984</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em 1984, tinha eu 22 anos de idade, fiz a minha primeira &#8220;grande&#8221; viagem para fora de Portugal. Eu estudava na faculdade de medicina, e andava a combinar h&#225; muito tempo uma viagem para fora do pa&#237;s, com o meu grupo de amigos. Um dos meus amigos tinha uma carrinha Volkswagen branca, as conhecidas como [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Em 1984, tinha eu 22 anos de idade, fiz a minha primeira &ldquo;grande&rdquo; viagem para fora de Portugal. Eu estudava na faculdade de medicina, e andava a combinar h&aacute; muito tempo uma viagem para fora do pa&iacute;s, com o meu grupo de amigos. Um dos meus amigos tinha uma carrinha Volkswagen branca, as conhecidas como &ldquo;p&atilde;o de forma&rdquo; em Portugal, e sempre que pod&iacute;amos, pass&aacute;vamos fins-de-semana ou f&eacute;rias de campismo no pa&iacute;s.</p>
<p>Em 1984 fizemos ent&atilde;o, a nossa primeira viagem na carrinha VW do meu amigo, para fora de Portugal. Antes de partir, tratamos de todas as formalidades necess&aacute;rias. Para evitar problemas, preparamos tudo com alguns meses de anteced&ecirc;ncia (passaportes, c&acirc;mbios, etc.) Como t&iacute;nhamos de controlar bem as nossas despesas, decidimos aproximadamente qual o nosso percurso: interior de Espanha, at&eacute; &agrave; costa Mediterr&acirc;nica, seguir at&eacute; Fran&ccedil;a e voltar pela costa Atl&acirc;ntica espanhola at&eacute; Portugal, em 3 semanas. Sa&iacute;mos de Lisboa pela Ponte 25 de Abril, atravessamos o Alentejo e entramos em Espanha por Badaj&oacute;z. Primeira impress&atilde;o fora do pa&iacute;s: que diferen&ccedil;a! Apesar de a paisagem ser parecida naquela &aacute;rea &agrave; portuguesa no geral, o facto de ouvir outro idioma na rua, ver gastronomia diferente, fez-me sentir que estava fora do meu pa&iacute;s. Que sensa&ccedil;&atilde;o estranha e boa ao mesmo tempo!</p>
<p>Poderia escrever um livro inteiro com as nossas aventuras, os &ldquo;estudantes de medicina hippies &agrave; descoberta de Espanha e Fran&ccedil;a&rdquo;. Descrevendo os aspectos mais marcantes: fiquei fascinada pelas paisagens que fomos descobrindo ao longo da nossa viagem. Conhecemos muita gente pelo caminho, maioritariamente jovens turistas como n&oacute;s, que viajavam em carrinhas &agrave; descoberta de novos mundos. Guardo na minha mem&oacute;ria as paisagens deslumbrantes e os contrastes, do interior e das costas de Espanha. Confesso que n&atilde;o ficamos muito apaixonados pela costa mediterr&acirc;nica, porque havia l&aacute; gente a mais, e n&oacute;s quer&iacute;amos mais estar entre gente como n&oacute;s, alternativos, &agrave; procura de aventuras e &agrave; descoberta da natureza. Passamos por Madrid, Val&ecirc;ncia, Barcelona em Espanha, Toulouse e a costa basca em Fran&ccedil;a, voltamos a entrar em Espanha pelo Pa&iacute;s Basco e fizemos a costa Atl&acirc;ntica (mais natural e menos explorada do que a mediterr&acirc;nica) at&eacute; &agrave; Galiza, e voltamos a entrar em Portugal pelo Minho. Guardo &oacute;ptimas recorda&ccedil;&otilde;es pela companhia com os meus amigos, que ainda hoje fazem parte do meu c&iacute;rculo pr&oacute;ximo, das paisagens, das pessoas, dos contrastes rurais e urbanos, os contrastes entre as duas costas mar&iacute;timas em Espanha, e das pessoas que conhecemos pelo caminho, que vinham de todos os cantos da Europa, &agrave; procura do mesmo que n&oacute;s: liberdade, natureza e aventura. Naquela viagem tamb&eacute;m aprendi a ser mais respons&aacute;vel, e a gerir os meus rendimentos. Por vezes, tivemos que trabalhar alguns dias como empregados de mesa e balc&atilde;o ou distribuir publicidade, para podermos ganhar dinheiro e continuar a nossa aventura como desej&aacute;vamos. Esta aventura vai-me ficar sempre na mem&oacute;ria, e espero que os jovens hoje em dia, tentem viajar desta forma tamb&eacute;m, para aprenderem a dar mais valor a certos aspectos e experi&ecirc;ncias na vida. &nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Viagem a Munique para os Jogos Olímpicos de 1972</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sempre fui um apaixonado pelo desporto e em 1972, decidi ir a Munique com um amigo, para os Jogos Ol&#237;mpicos. A prepara&#231;&#227;o da viagem foi complicada: na altura, ainda est&#225;vamos em plena ditadura em Portugal, e preparar uma viagem para o estrangeiro n&#227;o era uma tarefa f&#225;cil. Era necess&#225;rio ter uma autoriza&#231;&#227;o para sair do [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sempre fui um apaixonado pelo desporto e em 1972, decidi ir a Munique com um amigo, para os Jogos Ol&iacute;mpicos. A prepara&ccedil;&atilde;o da viagem foi complicada: na altura, ainda est&aacute;vamos em plena ditadura em Portugal, e preparar uma viagem para o estrangeiro n&atilde;o era uma tarefa f&aacute;cil. Era necess&aacute;rio ter uma autoriza&ccedil;&atilde;o para sair do pa&iacute;s e indicar exactamente o n&uacute;mero de dias que se ficava fora do pa&iacute;s. Outro problema era o dinheiro: O regime s&oacute; autorizava aos cidad&atilde;os portugueses gastarem um determinado montante di&aacute;rio em dinheiro na moeda estrangeira, montante que era muito baixo e que na pr&aacute;tica, n&atilde;o chegava para comprar quase nada no pa&iacute;s em que uma pessoa viajava. No entanto, o meu amigo que me acompanhou na viagem era filho de um empres&aacute;rio que tinha boas rela&ccedil;&otilde;es com o regime. Assim pod&iacute;amos comprar mais marcos alem&atilde;es e gastar o dinheiro que quer&iacute;amos.</p>
<p>Com as passagens a&eacute;reas compradas e formalidades tratadas, chegamos a Munique 2 dias antes do ataque terrorista, no dia 3 de Setembro de 1972. Fiquei fascinado ao encontrar um mundo completamente diferente ao que estava habituado a ver em Portugal. Tudo estava t&atilde;o limpo, havia infra-estruturas que n&atilde;o existiam em Portugal e as pessoas vestiam-se de maneira muito diferente. Os primeiros dois dias foram muito intensos: assistimos a v&aacute;rios eventos desportivos durante o dia, faz&iacute;amos compras e conhecemos a cidade e as suas atrac&ccedil;&otilde;es.</p>
<p>No entanto, a nossa viagem teve infelizmente um momento menos agrad&aacute;vel. A 5 de Setembro, terroristas palestinianos invadiram e tomaram como ref&eacute;ns, v&aacute;rios atletas ol&iacute;mpicos israelitas, matando alguns deles. Foi um acontecimento que nos ficou na mem&oacute;ria para sempre, principalmente por nos encontrarmos na cidade naquele momento. A cidade, os seus habitantes e os visitantes entraram em p&acirc;nico. N&oacute;s sentimos esse p&acirc;nico um dia ap&oacute;s o atentado: A seguran&ccedil;a foi muito refor&ccedil;ada e houve um controlo muito apertado para todos. Nesse dia, quer&iacute;amos assistir a um evento desportivo e quando chegamos ao complexo onde o evento iria decorrer, tirei a minha m&aacute;quina fotogr&aacute;fica da minha mala e quis tirar umas fotografias do local. No entanto, dois pol&iacute;cias que estavam perto de n&oacute;s vieram logo a correr apontando metralhadoras na nossa direc&ccedil;&atilde;o e gritando para pararmos. Perplexo com a situa&ccedil;&atilde;o, fiquei paralisado por uns segundos, sem conseguir reagir e sem saber o que fazer. Foi um momento de p&acirc;nico. Quando os pol&iacute;cias estavam &agrave; nossa frente, viram que aquilo que eu tinha na m&atilde;o era uma m&aacute;quina fotogr&aacute;fica. Tivemos que nos identificar e mostrar o conte&uacute;do das nossas malas, ou seja, fomos completamente revistados. Quando acabaram, os pol&iacute;cias pediram imensas desculpas, afirmando que pensavam que se tratava de uma arma de fogo. Afirmaram que o atentado que tinha ocorrido na v&eacute;spera estava a por todos em paran&oacute;ia, e que a pol&iacute;cia estava em alerta m&aacute;ximo, com medo de ocorrerem novos atentados, e pediram pela nossa compreens&atilde;o.</p>
<p>Apesar de ter passado por alguns momentos de p&acirc;nico, consegui compreender a situa&ccedil;&atilde;o e decidi ter muito cuidado ao tirar qualquer objecto da minha mala a partir de ent&atilde;o, para que tal n&atilde;o voltasse acontecer. No entanto, tamb&eacute;m senti que as pessoas ficaram a olhar para n&oacute;s de forma mais suspeita, pelo facto de o meu amigo e eu termos ambos cabelo escuro, para al&eacute;m de estarmos bronzeados (est&aacute;vamos ainda em pleno ver&atilde;o e antes da viagem, tinha ido &agrave; praia algumas vezes), e que infelizmente, nestas circunst&acirc;ncias, pod&iacute;amos ser facilmente confundidos com potenciais terroristas &aacute;rabes. Quando entramos em p&acirc;nico, os preconceitos infelizmente tamb&eacute;m se tornam mais vis&iacute;veis.</p>
<p>No entanto, a nossa viagem acabou muito bem. Ap&oacute;s cinco dias em Munique, visitamos algumas cidades na Baviera e voltamos para Portugal uma semana depois. Apesar do terr&iacute;vel acontecimento do dia 5 de Setembro e do nosso incidente desagrad&aacute;vel com a pol&iacute;cia no dia a seguir, consegui voltar a casa com a imagem de um pa&iacute;s com tradi&ccedil;&otilde;es interessantes, gastronomia fant&aacute;stica e pessoas muito simp&aacute;ticas e acolhedoras. Fiquei principalmente fascinado com o n&iacute;vel de vida das pessoas, as condi&ccedil;&otilde;es em que viviam, as infra-estruturas do pa&iacute;s e o bem-estar das pessoas em geral. Apesar de ser de boas fam&iacute;lias e ter tido sempre um n&iacute;vel de vida elevado em Portugal, estava plenamente consciente que eu fazia parte de uma minoria no meu pa&iacute;s.</p>
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		<title>Impressões de um antigo empresário português sobre viagens em negócios para a Alemanha na década de 70/80</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Durante v&#225;rios anos, fui dono de uma empresa no ramo da constru&#231;&#227;o civil. Pelo facto de n&#227;o existirem na d&#233;cada de 70 e 80 certos materiais de constru&#231;&#227;o em Portugal, fazia muitas viagens, para a Alemanha, onde a minha empresa tinha parcerias com empresas alem&#227;s na &#225;rea de Frankfurt, que forneciam determinados materiais que a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Durante v&aacute;rios anos, fui dono de uma empresa no ramo da constru&ccedil;&atilde;o civil. Pelo facto de n&atilde;o existirem na d&eacute;cada de 70 e 80 certos materiais de constru&ccedil;&atilde;o em Portugal, fazia muitas viagens, para a Alemanha, onde a minha empresa tinha parcerias com empresas alem&atilde;s na &aacute;rea de Frankfurt, que forneciam determinados materiais que a minha empresa representava exclusivamente em Portugal.</p>
<p>Geralmente, fazia entre tr&ecirc;s a quatro viagens para a Alemanha por ano, para visitar clientes, as suas unidades fabris, e para negociar novos contratos ou renovar os existentes.</p>
<p>Em primeiro lugar, devo dizer que aquilo que mais me fascinava na Alemanha era a atitude dos trabalhadores locais perante o seu trabalho. Cumpriam rigorosamente os hor&aacute;rios, bem como os seus tempos livres nas horas de trabalho - uma pausa de 10 minutos era uma pausa de 10 minutos, e nunca ia para al&eacute;m desse tempo. Os trabalhadores, tanto alem&atilde;es como imigrantes, faziam o seu trabalho sempre como era pedido, e estavam tamb&eacute;m cientes dos seus direitos e deveres. Principalmente naquela &eacute;poca, o n&iacute;vel de vida na Alemanha era completamente diferente do n&iacute;vel portugu&ecirc;s, em rela&ccedil;&atilde;o a tudo, principalmente a atitude de cada um e o respeito de cada um pela sua actividade. Em Portugal, ainda hoje, temos atitudes diferenciadas perante um licenciado ou um oper&aacute;rio fabril.</p>
<p>No entanto, havia um aspecto que me deixava sempre um pouco desiludido: Sempre que conversava com os oper&aacute;rios das f&aacute;bricas alem&atilde;s, notava que, por um lado, sabiam perfeitamente como funcionavam as m&aacute;quinas que utilizavam para fazer o seu trabalho, ou seja, &quot;estudavam&quot; cuidadosamente qualquer equipamento que iriam utilizar. Por outro lado, a maioria dos oper&aacute;rios, bem como os quadros superiores das empresas que visitava, pouco sabiam sobre aquilo que se passava no mundo, ou sobre outros pa&iacute;ses. Aqui entra tamb&eacute;m aquela cl&aacute;ssica &quot;desilus&atilde;o&quot; do portugu&ecirc;s, quando se apercebe que poucos sabem que Portugal n&atilde;o &eacute; uma regi&atilde;o espanhola e que existe a l&iacute;ngua portuguesa. Obviamente que os representantes das empresas, com os quais reunia, estavam informados, mas a grande maioria dos oper&aacute;rios n&atilde;o tinha grandes conhecimentos sobre geografia, hist&oacute;ria e cultura. Muitas vezes perguntei-me, se tal falta de conhecimentos estava relacionada com falhas no sistema de educa&ccedil;&atilde;o na Alemanha. Por&eacute;m, as estat&iacute;sticas sempre diziam o oposto.</p>
<p>Outra constata&ccedil;&atilde;o minha foi a falta de conhecimentos sobre outras l&iacute;nguas: percebi que a maioria das pessoas n&atilde;o falava outra l&iacute;ngua, a n&atilde;o ser o alem&atilde;o.</p>
<p>Naquela &eacute;poca em Portugal, apesar de haver outra atitude perante o trabalho, menos rigor no cumprimento de hor&aacute;rios e um baixo n&iacute;vel de vida em geral das condi&ccedil;&otilde;es de vida prec&aacute;rias de uma grande parte da popula&ccedil;&atilde;o, as pessoas geralmente sabiam mais sobre outros pa&iacute;ses, e tinham no m&iacute;nimo algumas no&ccedil;&otilde;es (mesmo que b&aacute;sicas) de alguma outra l&iacute;ngua para al&eacute;m do portugu&ecirc;s.</p>
<p>Mas obviamente, ficava sempre fascinado com as grandes diferen&ccedil;as ao n&iacute;vel das condi&ccedil;&otilde;es de vida dos trabalhadores alem&atilde;es, bem como o know-how que tinham em rela&ccedil;&atilde;o &agrave; sua actividade profissional.</p>
<p>Apesar de estar reformado actualmente, sinto que em Portugal, apesar de o n&iacute;vel de vida ter aumentado significativamente, bem como as condi&ccedil;&otilde;es de vida das pessoas, sinto que h&aacute; uma grande falta de cultura geral nas gera&ccedil;&otilde;es mais novas. Aquilo em que faz&iacute;amos a diferen&ccedil;a em rela&ccedil;&atilde;o a pa&iacute;ses maiores e mais desenvolvidos como a Alemanha, perdeu-se.&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Kos story</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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May 1993
My first holiday abroad&#8230;..going to Greece&#8230;
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I booked a package deal with my friend who lives next door, 1week to Kos a small island in the Dodekanissos&#8230;..blue see, waving palm trees and relaxing beaches&#8230; at least that is what the brouchures were telling us. Finally the airplane is taking off from the Airport in Amsterdam [...]]]></description>
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<p>May 1993</p>
<p>My first holiday abroad&#8230;..going to Greece&#8230;</p>
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<p>I booked a package deal with my friend who lives next door, 1week to Kos a small island in the Dodekanissos&#8230;..blue see, waving palm trees and relaxing beaches&#8230; at least that is what the brouchures were telling us. Finally the airplane is taking off from the Airport in Amsterdam a few hours late but as we already were supposed to arrive at night we don&rsquo;t care too much about it.</p>
<p>Curiously we look around when we enter the apartment that is supposed to be our house for the coming week. It looks white, crisp and most important clean.</p>
<p>We decide to stay in as we both are so tired and just relax a bit on the balcony.</p>
<p>&nbsp; <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/77/2010/02/01/esaurito#more-77" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Around Hungary by bike</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Miscalculation in Paris</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="">In 1985 I was 17 years old and went abroad for the first time, with my boyfriend to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Paris</st1:city></st1:place> for a week. We had saved money for our trip, but the hotel we had appeared to be a typical hotel for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Paris</st1:city></st1:place> standards. The hotel had many floors and corridors and all kinds of different shapes and types of rooms, none of them very luxury. We did the typical thing tourists do. We visited sites, used the metro and had coffee and croissants at a local caf&eacute; at the corner of our street. It was really nice. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="">But after a few days we became a little fed up with the little amount of money we had daily in our pocket. We had calculated the first day how much 1 French franc was compared to one Dutch guilder, and our daily allowance so to say. But as it was just enough to get cheap sandwiches and pizza and not a real decent dinner we calculated again&#8230;. And what happened was that we had miscalculated and spend only 1 daily allowance per day, but of course we were 2 persons, so we had the double amount of money to spend&#8230;And as we were half way through the holiday, we were spending money like the rich in those last three days&#8230;having cruises on the Seine and dining with candle light and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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		<title>Flucht 1958</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Geboren in Danzig, Ende Januar 1945 Flucht aus Westpreu&#223;en zu Verwandten nach Leipzig. Dort der &#252;bliche Lebensweg. Besuch der Oberschule, Drogistenlehre. Im VEB Farbenfabrik Wolfen T&#228;tigkeit als Laborant. Voraussetzung f&#252;r diesen Arbeitsplatz war, dass ich gegen meine politische und ideologische &#220;berzeugung in die FDJ (Freie Deutsche Jugend), die &#8222;Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft&#8220; und in die Gewerkschaft FDGB [...]]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Geboren in Danzig, Ende Januar 1945 Flucht aus Westpreu&szlig;en zu Verwandten nach Leipzig. Dort der &uuml;bliche Lebensweg. Besuch der Oberschule, Drogistenlehre. Im VEB Farbenfabrik Wolfen T&auml;tigkeit als Laborant. Voraussetzung f&uuml;r diesen Arbeitsplatz war, dass ich gegen meine politische und ideologische &Uuml;berzeugung in die FDJ (Freie Deutsche Jugend), die &bdquo;Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft&ldquo; und in die Gewerkschaft FDGB eintreten musste. Nach mehrj&auml;hriger T&auml;tigkeit bewarb ich mich bei der Werkskaderleitung um eine Delegation zum Studium an der Ingenieurschule in K&ouml;then. 1958 endete mein Studium mit dem Abschlu&szlig; zum Ingenieur.</p>
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		<title>Una holandesa viviendo en España</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Nuestra protagonista es Holandesa, nace en 1946. Su padre era un austero cat&#243;lico que le obligaba asistir a misa todos los domingos. Recuerda como su familia ten&#237;an asignados dos bancos de la iglesia con sus nombres y como su padre se sentaba detr&#225;s de ella y sus hermanos para obligarles a cumplir con los oficios. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Nuestra protagonista es Holandesa, nace en 1946. Su padre era un austero cat&oacute;lico que le obligaba asistir a misa todos los domingos. Recuerda como su familia ten&iacute;an asignados dos bancos de la iglesia con sus nombres y como su padre se sentaba detr&aacute;s de ella y sus hermanos para obligarles a cumplir con los oficios. </p>
<p>Era una buena estudiante y siempre deseo haber podido ir a la Universidad pero su padre le dec&iacute;a &ldquo;no hace falta, te casaras pronto&rdquo; <br />
Con diecisiete a&ntilde;os realiza su primer viaje y uno de los m&aacute;s recordados. Le dejaron ir con sus amigas a un campamento en Suiza y all&iacute; vivi&oacute; experiencias inolvidables. Pasaba el d&iacute;a y la noche riendo y sinti&eacute;ndose muy feliz. <br />
 <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/71/2009/12/18/storyteller#more-71" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Emigrante política</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Naci&#243; antes de que terminara la segunda guerra mundial en Francia.
Sus padres eran los dos de una peque&#241;a ciudad, provincia de Espa&#241;a pero vivieron casi toda su vida en Francia.
Su abuelo materno ten&#237;a una ideolog&#237;a comunista, he hizo una huelga, por ello nadie luego le daba trabajo y por eso en 1914, cuando empez&#243; la [...]]]></description>
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<p>Naci&oacute; antes de que terminara la segunda guerra mundial en Francia.</p>
<p>Sus padres eran los dos de una peque&ntilde;a ciudad, provincia de Espa&ntilde;a pero vivieron casi toda su vida en Francia.</p>
<p>Su abuelo materno ten&iacute;a una ideolog&iacute;a comunista, he hizo una huelga, por ello nadie luego le daba trabajo y por eso en 1914, cuando empez&oacute; la primera guerra mundial tubo que emigrar a Francia. Hay que tener presente que una de las causas del estallido de la guerra fueron las contradicciones imperialistas y la crisis del capitalismo y que la mayor&iacute;a de dirigentes apoyaron a la burgues&iacute;a por lo que los trabajadores se quedaron pr&aacute;cticamente desamparados. <br />
Su madre se fue en 1.918, cuando estaba finalizando la guerra, en Francia se asienta la familia y se adaptan a su nueva situaci&oacute;n. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/70/2009/12/18/storyteller#more-70" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Historia de J.G.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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Nace en un peque&#241;o pueblo de la provincia de Teruel, en Espa&#241;a, en 1943. All&#237; vive hasta los 19 a&#241;os, su trayectoria vital hasta ese momento fue mon&#243;tona: ayudaba a sus padres en las tareas del campo y cuando tubo la edad en bicicleta (lo recuerda como un gran regalo) se trasladaba hasta Teruel para [...]]]></description>
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Nace en un peque&ntilde;o pueblo de la provincia de Teruel, en Espa&ntilde;a, en 1943. All&iacute; vive hasta los 19 a&ntilde;os, su trayectoria vital hasta ese momento fue mon&oacute;tona: ayudaba a sus padres en las tareas del campo y cuando tubo la edad en bicicleta (lo recuerda como un gran regalo) se trasladaba hasta Teruel para estudiar. </p>
<p>A los 19 a&ntilde;os, y porque en el pueblo no ten&iacute;a una salida profesional ni personal que le agradara se traslada a Valencia a trabajar, all&iacute; le surge la posibilidad de irse atrabajar al Cant&oacute;n Suizo. El hab&iacute;a solicitado, irse a Alemania pero inmigraci&oacute;n le neg&oacute; esta posibilidad y le mando a Suiza donde necesitaban personas para trabajar en el campo y como &eacute;l venia de un pueblo era su &uacute;nica oportunidad. <br />
Cuando se va Inmigraci&oacute;n, adem&aacute;s de arreglarle todos los papeles, pasarle un exhaustivo control m&eacute;dico, le da una bolsa con comida y algo de dinero para que no llegase desamparado all&iacute;.&nbsp; Jos&eacute; recuerda el buen funcionamiento del ministerio de inmigraci&oacute;n.  <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/69/2009/12/18/storyteller#more-69" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Vuelta a España</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
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A los 16 a&#241;os empieza su carrera religiosa y durante 5 a&#241;os lleva una vida monacal; de
retiro, estudio y dedicaci&#243;n a Dios en diferentes monasterios de Valencia, Albacete y
Navarra.
A los 21 a&#241;os decide dejar este tipo de vida y sale de la orden a la que nunca regresar&#225;.
Se traslada a Valencia a estudiar pedagog&#237;a pero [...]]]></description>
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<p>A los 16 a&ntilde;os empieza su carrera religiosa y durante 5 a&ntilde;os lleva una vida monacal; de<br />
retiro, estudio y dedicaci&oacute;n a Dios en diferentes monasterios de Valencia, Albacete y<br />
Navarra.<br />
A los 21 a&ntilde;os decide dejar este tipo de vida y sale de la orden a la que nunca regresar&aacute;.<br />
Se traslada a Valencia a estudiar pedagog&iacute;a pero como no termina de gustarle empieza a<br />
estudiar filolog&iacute;a inglesa, es por ello que en 1968; momento de las revoluciones-movimientos estudiantiles viaja al norte de Inglaterra. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/68/2009/12/18/storyteller#more-68" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Emigración a América</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Naci&#243; en 1941 en una ciudad, capital de provincia de Espa&#241;a. Es un momento hist&#243;ricamente muy complicado dado que solo hace dos a&#241;os que ha terminado la guerra a&#250;n as&#237; ella no la vive de una forma especial pero si sabe que su padre participo activamente de ella y que su madre tuvo tu, despu&#233;s [...]]]></description>
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<p>Naci&oacute; en 1941 en una ciudad, capital de provincia de Espa&ntilde;a. Es un momento hist&oacute;ricamente muy complicado dado que solo hace dos a&ntilde;os que ha terminado la guerra a&uacute;n as&iacute; ella no la vive de una forma especial pero si sabe que su padre participo activamente de ella y que su madre tuvo tu, despu&eacute;s de haberse casado, vivir y sobrevivir sola en la ciudad. Cuenta como su madre ten&iacute;a una peque&ntilde;a tienda y justo al lado hab&iacute;a un peque&ntilde;o cuartel de soldados que v&iacute;a radio retransmit&iacute;an continuamente lo que suced&iacute;a; la trataban bien, ve&iacute;an en ella una mujer desvalida&hellip;aunque tal vez era solo una falsa apariencia para poder salir adelante. <br />
Sus padres eran de un peque&ntilde;o pueblo del interior de la provincia, un lugar d&oacute;nde todos les conocen por su buena posici&oacute;n y sus familias respetables.  <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/67/2009/12/18/storyteller#more-67" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Nochmal gut gegangen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autorin:Thea Denker
zu DDR-zeiten gingen wir frauen mit 60 in rente, das wichtigste dabei:
wir bekamen einen reisepass. ich besuchte meine verwandten in westberlin,
kannte also die gepflogenheiten beim passieren der grenze, kontrolliert wurde vornehmlich, wer verschn&#252;rte pakete mit sich f&#252;hrte. ich transportierte alles in originalkartons, z.B. auch einen kleincomputer der marke Sharp, ich wurde nie rausgewinkt. 

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<p>zu DDR-zeiten gingen wir frauen mit 60 in rente, das wichtigste dabei:<br />
wir bekamen einen reisepass. ich besuchte meine verwandten in westberlin,<br />
kannte also die gepflogenheiten beim passieren der grenze, kontrolliert wurde vornehmlich, wer verschn&uuml;rte pakete mit sich f&uuml;hrte. ich transportierte alles in originalkartons, z.B. auch einen kleincomputer der marke Sharp, ich wurde nie rausgewinkt. </p>
<p> <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/66/2009/12/17/storyteller#more-66" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Emigration from Spain to America</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
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I was born in 1941 in a big town in Spain. That was a very crucial moment as the Civil War was finished only two years ago. Even thou, I was not living that moment in any special way, but I knew that my father participated actively in that war, for that reason my mother, [...]]]></description>
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<p>I was born in 1941 in a big town in Spain. That was a very crucial moment as the Civil War was finished only two years ago. Even thou, I was not living that moment in any special way, but I knew that my father participated actively in that war, for that reason my mother, after getting married, had to live alone and survive in the town.<br />
My mother had a very little shop very near of a military camp. She listed constantly the radio what was happening. The soldiers treated her well enough, probably because they saw a helpless woman, or perhaps, it was only a facade to survive.</p>
<p>My parents were from a very little town where everybody knows them as a family with good position and very respectable. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/65/2009/12/14/storyteller#more-65" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>The life experiences of S.R.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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He was born in Castellon in 1946. 
At age 16 he began his religious career and during 5 years he was in a monastic life, retirement, study and dedication to God in different monasteries of Valencia, Albacete and Navarra. 
When he was 21 years old he decided to leave this kind of life and leaves [...]]]></description>
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<p>He was born in Castellon in 1946. </p>
<p>At age 16 he began his religious career and during 5 years he was in a monastic life, retirement, study and dedication to God in different monasteries of Valencia, Albacete and Navarra. <br />
When he was 21 years old he decided to leave this kind of life and leaves the order to never return.</p>
<p>He moved to Valencia to study Pedagogy but no terms of taste, so he began to study English literature, which is why in 1968, when take place student movements, and he travelled to the north of England.</p>
<p>Their parents had always been a bit away from and since the moment he entered in the religious order, he could see their parents only three hours once a year, so when he exit back to civilian life didn&rsquo;t keeps a very close relation but still has some anecdotes as:</p>
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His father meets his friend from the Faculty and ask: Have you seen Santiago? And the friend says: He&rsquo;s in England five months ago! His father was angry because hadn&rsquo;t said anything&#8230;</p>
<p>Another day Santiago travels to Salamanca with a friend: Conchita Porcar, and his father asked: Where is Santiago? In Salamanca Conchita Porcar replied with his brother and father, angrily said: when he returns I put the junk bag to the street and he who marries her!</p>
<p>Her mother spent many sleepless nights because her sister had warned the church to go a little &ldquo;provocative&rdquo; (sleeveless) and because Santiago had left the religion career..</p>
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In England and working as a waiter knows what would become the woman of his life, and he was 23 years old and she was only 17.</p>
<p>In 1971 he married in England, his parents were not at the wedding because they said &quot;England is far&quot;, then he speaks of the liberal spirit of 68. Also he helps the family to this, his stepfather said -in the pub and smoking pipe-: I have a chair ready to sit outside the church where my daughter gets married with this &quot;Spanish&quot; but &#8230; worship.</p>
<p>But the mother of Santiago, when the couple decided to come to live in Spain talks about her daughter as &quot;this is my daughter: she is English but we want she the same&quot; or &quot;is English but Catholic&quot;</p>
<p>When they arrived in Spain her wedding was not recognized because were in the civil war and even here was prevailing Franco&#8217;s dictatorial regime, so they had to go for it one day at 7&#8242;30 hours in the morning to a church with some friends to formalize their union.<br />
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		<title>The life experience of J.G.M.</title>
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He was born in Castellon, Spain, in 1943, his parents were also of this city, but his grandfather was from Vilafames, a small village in the interior of the province of Castellon. But, when his grandfather was 12 years old went to Cuba. It was the time of the loss of the last Spanish American [...]]]></description>
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<p>He was born in Castellon, Spain, in 1943, his parents were also of this city, but his grandfather was from Vilafames, a small village in the interior of the province of Castellon. But, when his grandfather was 12 years old went to Cuba. It was the time of the loss of the last Spanish American colonies: Cuba and Philippines. <br />
On returning from there settled in the capital Castellon, where his son was born and later his grandchildren. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/63/2009/12/14/storyteller#more-63" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Leaving Poland to the USA</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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It is a typical story for many Polish families. In the 80s in the martial law period which was the most grey, depressing, hopeless time in the modern history of Poland, very many people considered the option of leaving their country for good. They wanted to flee Poland to have a better and most of [...]]]></description>
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<p>It is a typical story for many Polish families. In the 80s in the martial law period which was the most grey, depressing, hopeless time in the modern history of Poland, very many people considered the option of leaving their country for good. They wanted to flee Poland to have a better and most of all free life in the West.<br />
It was very difficult to decide to go for many reasons. Passports and travel documents were very difficult to obtain. It took several months for the offices, bureaus, militia, secret police, governmental institutions to issue all necessary decisions and documents. It was a painful process and often futile. People were not allowed to have passports and travel abroad or one member of the family only was lucky enough to have the document and could travel away&hellip; <br />
One way to avoid the inconveniences and bureaucratic impediment was to go to a travel agency (there were a few) and buy a holiday trip to a western country &ndash; West Germany, Holland, Austria&hellip; <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/62/2009/12/14/storyteller#more-62" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>A Polish tourist goes to Hungary</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Poland and Hungary were the two countries which had a strong historical connection. We say &#8216;Pole, Hungarian, two good friends&#8217; which is a popular bilingual proverbial rhyme about the historical friendship of the Polish and the Hungarian people. It is worth remembering that for many years in historical times the two countries were closely related. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Poland and Hungary were the two countries which had a strong historical connection. We say &lsquo;Pole, Hungarian, two good friends&rsquo; which is a popular bilingual proverbial rhyme about the historical friendship of the Polish and the Hungarian people. It is worth remembering that for many years in historical times the two countries were closely related. Also for some time in the 70s and 80s or even later Hungary was the land of golden opportunity for Polish people. Why? There were a few reasons at least &ndash; historical remembrance of prosperity times, common rulers, similarities of temper and national character, love for good food and drink. Let me tell you my story which I am sure is similar to many other Polish people&rsquo;s experience&hellip; <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/61/2009/12/14/storyteller#more-61" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>A Polish girl visits her friend in Sicily</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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When I started my work at the university I met a girl from Italy. Her name was Nadia. She came to Poland as a beneficiary of one of the first student exchange programmes Poland participated. She felt lonely and lost in Poland and we became friends as I helped her with all everyday issues, flat [...]]]></description>
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<p>When I started my work at the university I met a girl from Italy. Her name was Nadia. She came to Poland as a beneficiary of one of the first student exchange programmes Poland participated. She felt lonely and lost in Poland and we became friends as I helped her with all everyday issues, flat renting, shopping, etc. The English language is not widely spoken in Poland and she sometimes found it quite difficult to communicate. We got on very well together, spent wonderful time, visited Cracow together etc. <br />
After she came back to Italy, actually to Sicily where her family home was, she invited me for summer holidays. I arranged everything, packed my suitcase and very excited went to Italy. I travelled to Rome by coach. The journey was long and tiring, but finally I arrived at the railway station in Rome. It was huge, very busy station with many people crowding in front of a big information board. I badly needed to find the number of the platform from which my train was supposed to go to Sicily, but it seemed impossible as I could not find any readable timetable. A bit scared and feeling lost I looked for an information office, I found one after a while and I stood in a queue. After 40 minutes I asked the man about my train, I wanted to know details on its departure time and platform so I could take my big suitcase and find my way. The man looked at some papers then at me and he appeared extremely surprised and he said I should stand in front of the electronic display board and wait for the information which would come in a due time. Fortunately he spoke English and could communicate! So tired and desperate I joined the crowd of noisy people and waited for my train info. The good thing was everybody was smoking not paying attention to the signs forbidding smoking and I took a cigarette too. It chilled me out a bit. After some time waiting I got on the train and found my compartment, there were some other passengers and immediately they started to talk to me. They asked me if I was Italiana or Siciliana; &lsquo;I am Polaca&rsquo; I replied, not knowing if it is the right word, but they nodded their heads and most probably assumed I knew Italian, because the rest of the time we spent together they talked Italian to me and did not mind me repeating: &lsquo;non comprendo&rsquo;.  <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/60/2009/12/14/storyteller#more-60" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Studying in Portugal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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As a German citizen, my first trip from Germany to Portugal took place during my semester holidays in July 1967, a time when Portugal was still a dictatorship. I remember being fascinated by the diversity of landscapes all the way on the roadtrip and it took us several days to arrive. I was interested in [...]]]></description>
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<p>As a German citizen, my first trip from Germany to Portugal took place during my semester holidays in July 1967, a time when Portugal was still a dictatorship. I remember being fascinated by the diversity of landscapes all the way on the roadtrip and it took us several days to arrive. I was interested in learning Portuguese as I was studying languages at university, and I became fascinated by the Portuguese language following a previous trip to Brazil, where I first got in touch with the language. Portugal is totally different from Brazil in many aspects, yet there is a lot in common because of the language and history. I became fascinated with Portugal, as it was so different from Germany in many aspects, at that time.</p>
<p>When I arrived in Lisbon, and in order to make some extra pocket money, I gave German lessons to students. As it was examination period, I had many students. Lessons usually took place at their homes; therefore, I had to travel a lot by taxi trough the city, in order to arrive on time to my appointments. However, compared to Germany, the Portuguese living standard was quite low. I had quite a hard time to get used to this new reality, and I could not use money the same way as I was used to in Germany. Therefore, I would have to charge local rates for my lessons, which were very low compared to what I could charge, for example, for an hourly lesson in Germany. In order to spend my money wisely, I decided for example, not to spend more than 10 Escudos for a taxi ride. And when the taximeter reached 10 Escudos on a ride, I dropped off and walked until my final destination. At that time, 1 German Mark corresponded to 7,5 Portuguese Escudos. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/59/2009/12/14/storyteller#more-59" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Erfurt per Rad</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autor:   Johannes A. Malch&#224;rek (aus HiStory) 
Geboren wurde ich 1931. Mein Heimatort liegt am S&#252;drand des Harzes, eine Kleinstadt mit 5.000 Einwohnern. W&#228;hrend unserer Jugendwallfahrten nach Erfurt (ab 1947) hatten wir dort Kontakt mit einer sehr netten Gastfamilie bekommen. Zu ihr geh&#246;rten ein heranwachsender Sohn und ein M&#228;dchen von ungef&#228;hr 15 Jahren. Sie [...]]]></description>
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<p>Geboren wurde ich 1931. Mein Heimatort liegt am S&uuml;drand des Harzes, eine Kleinstadt mit 5.000 Einwohnern. W&auml;hrend unserer Jugendwallfahrten nach Erfurt (ab 1947) hatten wir dort Kontakt mit einer sehr netten Gastfamilie bekommen. Zu ihr geh&ouml;rten ein heranwachsender Sohn und ein M&auml;dchen von ungef&auml;hr 15 Jahren. Sie hie&szlig; Marianne und war im gleichen Alter wie meine j&uuml;ngere Schwester. Uns drei verband seit der ersten Wallfahrt eine intensive Freundschaft. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/58/2009/10/28/storyteller#more-58" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>DDR - Rundfahrt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autor:  Johannes Malch&#224;rek (aus HiStory)
Ende Juli 1951. Die Zeiten in der DDR waren so angespannt, dass viele B&#252;rger das Land illegal verlie&#223;en und nach Westdeutschland gingen. Soeben erst hatte ich unter abenteuerlichen Umst&#228;nden meine Gesellenpr&#252;fung als Maschinenschlosser erfolgreich abgelegt, und meinen 14-t&#228;gigen Jahresurlaub genommen. Am letzten Tag vor meinem Urlaub h&#246;rte ich aus berufenem [...]]]></description>
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<p>Ende Juli 1951. Die Zeiten in der DDR waren so angespannt, dass viele B&uuml;rger das Land illegal verlie&szlig;en und nach Westdeutschland gingen. Soeben erst hatte ich unter abenteuerlichen Umst&auml;nden meine Gesellenpr&uuml;fung als Maschinenschlosser erfolgreich abgelegt, und meinen 14-t&auml;gigen Jahresurlaub genommen. Am letzten Tag vor meinem Urlaub h&ouml;rte ich aus berufenem Munde, dass einige meiner Kollegen auch das Land verlassen wollten. Sofort schoss es mir durch den Kopf: Wenn am Montagmorgen diese Kollegen wirklich nicht zum Dienst erscheinen, dann werde ich ganz bestimmt geholt, um diese L&uuml;cke zu f&uuml;llen. Nach den letzten Pr&uuml;fungstagen brauchte ich aber ganz dringend meinen Urlaub! <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/57/2009/10/28/storyteller#more-57" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Die Flucht aus der DDR</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autor:  Johannes Malch&#224;rek (aus HiStory)
Als 1945 das &#8222;Dritte Reich&#8220; zusammenbrach, und damit die russischen Besatzungsm&#228;chte die Herrschaft &#252;ber den Osten Deutschlands &#252;bernahm, wurde die Not im Lande weitaus gr&#246;sser, als es zu Kriegszeiten jemals war. Es waren aber nicht die Russen, die den Lebensnerv der Bev&#246;lkerung  bis aufs &#228;u&#223;erste ausbeuteten und beschnitten, sondern [...]]]></description>
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<p>Als 1945 das &bdquo;Dritte Reich&ldquo; zusammenbrach, und damit die russischen Besatzungsm&auml;chte die Herrschaft &uuml;ber den Osten Deutschlands &uuml;bernahm, wurde die Not im Lande weitaus gr&ouml;sser, als es zu Kriegszeiten jemals war. Es waren aber nicht die Russen, die den Lebensnerv der Bev&ouml;lkerung  bis aufs &auml;u&szlig;erste ausbeuteten und beschnitten, sondern die deutschen linken Sozialisten und Kommunisten. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/56/2009/10/28/storyteller#more-56" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Eine Utopie ist Wirklichkeit geworden</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Autor:   Peter Baudenbacher (HiStory)

Die Grenze zur DDR.
Seit &#252;ber 40 Jahren undurchl&#228;ssig, unmenschlich, und wie es schien, f&#252;r alle Zeiten unver&#228;nderlich! Die im Landkreis Rh&#246;n Grabfeld lebenden Menschen hatten sich damit abgefunden. An eine Ver&#228;nderung in der DDR und an eine Grenz&#246;ffnung dachte niemand.
Doch denkste!
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"><strong><strong><strong><font size="3">Autor:   Peter Baudenbacher (HiStory)</font><br />
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<p><font face="Times New Roman">Die Grenze zur DDR.<br />
Seit &uuml;ber 40 Jahren undurchl&auml;ssig, unmenschlich, und wie es schien, f&uuml;r alle Zeiten unver&auml;nderlich! </font><font face="Times New Roman">Die im Landkreis Rh&ouml;n Grabfeld lebenden Menschen hatten sich damit abgefunden. An eine Ver&auml;nderung in der DDR und an eine Grenz&ouml;ffnung dachte niemand.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><strong>Doch denkste!</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">Pl&ouml;tzlich, &uuml;ber Nacht &ouml;ffnete die DDR die Grenze und es wurde alles anders. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/55/2009/10/28/storyteller#more-55" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Der 17. Juni 1953</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autor: Dieter Wilhelm (aus HiStory)
Vom Berliner Alexanderplatz Richtung Osten geht die gro&#223;e Frankfurter Allee. Diese wurde von der DDR-Regierung (es hie&#223; noch Ostzone) in Stalinallee umgetauft und als Prachtstra&#223;e im &#8222;russischen Zuckerb&#228;ckerstil&#8220; ausgebaut. Die  Arbeiter wurden nach sogenannten &#8222;Normen&#8220; entlohnt, wer mehr schaffte, wurde gut bezahlt, darunter durfte man aber auch nicht bleiben.
Eines Tages [...]]]></description>
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Vom Berliner Alexanderplatz Richtung Osten geht die gro&szlig;e Frankfurter Allee. Diese wurde von der DDR-Regierung (es hie&szlig; noch Ostzone) in Stalinallee umgetauft und als Prachtstra&szlig;e im &bdquo;russischen Zuckerb&auml;ckerstil&ldquo; ausgebaut. Die  Arbeiter wurden nach sogenannten &bdquo;Normen&ldquo; entlohnt, wer mehr schaffte, wurde gut bezahlt, darunter durfte man aber auch nicht bleiben.</p>
<p>Eines Tages wurden die Normen willk&uuml;rlich erh&ouml;rt, das war der Ausl&ouml;ser f&uuml;r den Aufstand vom 17. Juni 1953. Die ostzonale F&uuml;hrung wurde praktisch entmachtet, einen Minister hatten erboste Arbeiter sogar in seinem Auto sitzend nach Westberlin getragen und dort der Polizei &uuml;bergeben. Ulbricht, der damalige Regierungschef, musste in einem Panzerwagen aus seinem Regierungssitz fl&uuml;chten.  <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/54/2009/10/28/storyteller#more-54" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>13. August 1961 - Tag des Mauerbaus in Berlin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autor:   Rotraud Oelke (aus HisTory)
Es war Sonntag, herrlichstes Wetter und Ferienzeit. Um mein Taschengeld zu erh&#246;hen, hatte ich einen Job als Helferin in einem Kinderferienlager &#252;bernommen. Es waren meine Ferien zwi&#173;schen dem elften und zw&#246;lften Schuljahr, ich war also siebzehn Jahre alt.
Wir waren gerade vom gemeinsamen Fr&#252;hst&#252;ck in unsere Zelte zur&#252;ckgekehrt, als pl&#246;tzlich [...]]]></description>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman">Es war Sonntag, herrlichstes Wetter und Ferienzeit. Um mein Taschengeld zu erh&ouml;hen, hatte ich einen Job als Helferin in einem Kinderferienlager &uuml;bernommen. Es waren meine Ferien zwi&shy;schen dem elften und zw&ouml;lften Schuljahr, ich war also siebzehn Jahre alt.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">Wir waren gerade vom gemeinsamen Fr&uuml;hst&uuml;ck in unsere Zelte zur&uuml;ckgekehrt, als pl&ouml;tzlich der &bdquo;Lagerfunk &bdquo;zu t&ouml;nen begann. In der Regel wurde er genutzt, um allgemeinverbindliche In&shy;formationen an Alle zu geben. </font><font face="Times New Roman">Auch jetzt dachten wir, &ldquo;na was gibt es jetzt noch&ldquo;, bis wir be&shy;merkten, dass eine offizielle Mitteilung der Regierung der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik verlesen wurde. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/53/2009/10/28/storyteller#more-53" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>November 1988: Es war eine ungünstige Jahreszeit, um nach Ostdeutschland zu reisen.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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Ich hatte schon ein vages Bild, was uns  &#34;im Osten&#34; erwarten w&#252;rde und meine Vorurteile haben sich in jeder Hinsicht best&#228;tigt.
Vor allem der erste Eindruck: die Luftverschmutzung war &#252;berall deutlich zu riechen und zu sehen (zu dieser Jahreszeit ist das nat&#252;rlich auch im Westen sp&#252;rbarer) und dazu f&#252;gte sich ein im negativen Sinne beeindruckendes [...]]]></description>
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<p>Vor allem der erste Eindruck: die Luftverschmutzung war &uuml;berall deutlich zu riechen und zu sehen (zu dieser Jahreszeit ist das nat&uuml;rlich auch im Westen sp&uuml;rbarer) und dazu f&uuml;gte sich ein im negativen Sinne beeindruckendes und bedr&uuml;ckendes Bild von Trostlosigkeit und Verfall. Wenn ich heute an den Osten zur&uuml;ckdenke, wie er fr&uuml;her war, taucht diese Erinnerung sofort vor meinem geistigen Auge auf.</p>
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<p>Ganz klischeehaft passten auch die &uuml;brigen Erlebnisse in dieses eben beschriebene Gesamtbild. Allerdings muss ich hinzuf&uuml;gen, dass wir damals in einer Gruppe (als 12. Klasse) unterwegs waren. Die trostlose Atmosph&auml;re, eine gewisse altersbedingte Kritiklust und die Dynamik innerhalb der Gruppe verst&auml;rkten sich gegenseitig so, dass wir mehr und mehr in eine Stimmung gerieten, in der wirklich alles negativ bewertet wurde: Das Essen, die Menschen, die Umgebung: wir hatten an allem etwas auszusetzen. Dass das Servicepersonal auffallend lustlos und unfreundlich war, k&ouml;nnte also r&uuml;ckblickend betrachtet mehrere Gr&uuml;nde gehabt haben&#8230;. (d.h. vielleicht auch mit an unserem Auftreten und Verhalten gelegen haben)</p>
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		<title>Eine Fahrt nach Berlin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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Es war Anfang der 80er Jahre. Wir hatten beschlossen, meinen Gro&#223;vater, der damals in Westberlin lebte, zu besuchen.
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<p>Es war Anfang der 80er Jahre. Wir hatten beschlossen, meinen Gro&szlig;vater, der damals in Westberlin lebte, zu besuchen. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/48/2009/09/10/storyteller#more-48" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Si, fui un emigrante&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/47/2009/09/07/storyteller</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Si, fui un emigrante, anche se le ragioni che mi muovevano non erano certo quelle economiche. Avevo un buon titolo di studio e una discreta posizione in Italia, ma ero spinto dal desiderio di fare qualcosa di diverso, di rompere la routine, di vivere in un luogo di mare, un luogo diverso di un Paese [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Si, fui un emigrante, anche se le ragioni che mi muovevano non erano certo quelle economiche. Avevo un buon titolo di studio e una discreta posizione in Italia, ma ero spinto dal desiderio di fare qualcosa di diverso, di rompere la routine, di vivere in un luogo di mare, un luogo diverso di un Paese che amavo molto e che si apprestava a diventare full member dell&#8217;allora CEE. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/47/2009/09/07/storyteller#more-47" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>A migrant from Italy to Santorini…</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I was an emigrant, even if the reason of this was anything but financial. I had a very good degree and my position was quite good in Italy, but the idea of doing something different, something outside the daily routine was appealing to me, most of all the idea of living in a sea [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, I was an emigrant, even if the reason of this was anything but financial. I had a very good degree and my position was quite good in Italy, but the idea of doing something different, something outside the daily routine was appealing to me, most of all the idea of living in a sea town, a different place in a country I really loved and which was about to become a member of the CEE. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/46/2009/09/07/storyteller#more-46" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Impressions from a divided Berlin in 1988</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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I remember Check point Charlie, where, in these tiny offices, there were mirrors all around so the soldiers could see from every angulation.However I did not see the legendary rabbits which are said to graze in the no man&#8217;s land between the two Germanys, proof, according to the East German government, that the [...]]]></description>
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<p>I remember Check point Charlie, where, in these tiny offices, there were mirrors all around so the soldiers could see from every angulation.However I did not see the legendary rabbits which are said to graze in the no man&rsquo;s land between the two Germanys, proof, according to the East German government, that the area was not a minefield, of course rabbits weigh far less than people&hellip;And what about the East German Monopoly type money! <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/45/2009/09/07/storyteller#more-45" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Learning by talking on the train</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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In the year 1987 I decided to visit some German friends. My trip should go to a city called Erlangen nearby Nuremberg in the south of Germany. By that time it was in did cheaper to go by train instead of taking a plane, so I went on 48hours train trip from Lisbon [...]]]></description>
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<p><span lang="EN-GB">In the year 1987 I decided to visit some German friends. My trip should go to a city called Erlangen nearby Nuremberg in the south of Germany. By that time it was in did cheaper to go by train instead of taking a plane, so I went on 48hours train trip from Lisbon to Nuremberg with a short stop in Paris. I was 17 and extremely exited about my trip&#8230;It was my first time going abroad on my own, and alone. It was Christmas time and the&nbsp; train was full of Portuguese migrants and their relatives. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/39/2009/07/21/shetzner#more-39" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>In Denmark on Queens Margreth&#8217;s birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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A few years ago I went on a short trip. We went to Belgium, Holland and Denmark. All these countries were nice and beautiful, but I remember best one thing from Denmark. It was 16thApril Queen Margrethe&#8217;s birthday. 

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<p>A few years ago I went on a short trip. We went to Belgium, Holland and Denmark. All these countries were nice and beautiful, but I remember best one thing from Denmark. It was 16<sup>th</sup>April Queen Margrethe&rsquo;s birthday. </p>
<p> <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/38/2009/07/21/storyteller#more-38" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Getting a passport&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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I remember the moment when I received my passport &#8211; a document which is so obvious to hold now or it is not really necessary to use when you travel in the EU countries, but in the 70s and 80s it was almost impossible to get. First of all you had to fill all the [...]]]></description>
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<p>I remember the moment when I received my passport &ndash; a document which is so obvious to hold now or it is not really necessary to use when you travel in the EU countries, but in the 70s and 80s it was almost impossible to get. First of all you had to fill all the different forms and hand them to a militia officer (there was no police at that time) at the militia station. They checked you in and out, you had to queue long long hours (I joined the queue at 5 a.m.) and then they put on the information boards the lists with the names of people who were lucky enough to get the document which was viewed a spark of hope and made you feel you were not really living in prison.</p>
<p> <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/37/2009/07/21/storyteller#more-37" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>London, a fascination</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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I am an English teacher. I studied languages, because I thought it would be a good way to get an opportunity to leave Poland and lead a good comfortable life abroad. Life in Poland was difficult as it came to ordinary things – shops were almost empty, it was difficult to buy any nice clothes, [...]]]></description>
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<p>I am an English teacher. I studied languages, because I thought it would be a good way to get an opportunity to leave Poland and lead a good comfortable life abroad. Life in Poland was difficult as it came to ordinary things – shops were almost empty, it was difficult to buy any nice clothes, many things were not available for ordinary people, we were poor and I remember had one pair of winter shoes for all 5 years of my studies… I wanted to study American literature and film, but it was seen as a politically wrong action against the country. There were many absurdities present in everyday life, but the worst thing was you could not feel free, you could not travel, you could not have your own passport at home. Why do you want to travel abroad? Don’t you have a good life here? Don’t you like your country? – they asked.  <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/36/2009/07/21/storyteller#more-36" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Leaving Poland to Sweden</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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My husband was a student and a very rebel spirit! He was very much against the communist state, he came from the south of Poland &#8211; from a highlander family. These are quick tempered passionate people! He was always in some kind of trouble &#8211; he opposed a militia officer in the street and got [...]]]></description>
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<p>My husband was a student and a very rebel spirit! He was very much against the communist state, he came from the south of Poland &ndash; from a highlander family. These are quick tempered passionate people! He was always in some kind of trouble &ndash; he opposed a militia officer in the street and got arrested or argued with his professor about some political issues and got expelled from the university unfortunately. I thought it was stupid and I was angry with him.  <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/35/2009/07/21/storyteller#more-35" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Leaving Poland&#8230;going to the West</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the year 1984 the situation in Poland was really difficult. After the martial law period the country and people were tired, deprived of any hope and very many Poles decided to leave the country, &#8216;to escape to the west&#8217; as they said at that time. It was not an easy decision to take and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the year 1984 the situation in Poland was really difficult. After the martial law period the country and people were tired, deprived of any hope and very many Poles decided to leave the country, &lsquo;to escape to the west&rsquo; as they said at that time. It was not an easy decision to take and not an easy thing to organise. At that time we thought the journey of that kind was most often one way trip and believe me it was a dramatic situation to decide to leave old parents, home, friends close the door and go for the unknown&hellip; we did not know the language, had no money&hellip; I was worried, my daughter was little. But my husband was more courageous. He was young, eager, very hardworking and clever. He was working a lot, he took extra hours in his factory and still we did not have enough to buy food, medicines, pay the rent etc. It was awful, scary and depressing time in Poland, shops were empty, we did not have enough money to buy food in the black market. Products like ham, butter, oranges, coffee were impossible to obtain in an ordinary way, they were considered delicacies. People were depressed and we thought it would be like that for ever.</p>
<p> <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/34/2009/07/21/storyteller#more-34" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>A trip to Brussels in the 80ies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
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In the late 80s I was a student and one summer I received an invitation from my parents&#8217; friend from Brussels. He was a Polish scientist who was living in Belgium and France after he left Poland in the 60s. He liked my parents very much and as he knew I was studying languages, he [...]]]></description>
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<p>In the late 80s I was a student and one summer I received an invitation from my parents&rsquo; friend from Brussels. He was a Polish scientist who was living in Belgium and France after he left Poland in the 60s. He liked my parents very much and as he knew I was studying languages, he said it would be a good opportunity for me to practice my French and English. I was very excited as it was my first trip abroad. I was preparing long months before the time of the journey. Fortunately I had obtained my passport a year before as I was student it was not that very difficult any more but still the procedures were long and you had to wait sometimes many weeks before they issued the document.</p>
<p> <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/33/2009/07/20/storyteller#more-33" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Spring 1988, the last high school trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring 1988. School trip, the last one in high school. To Berlin. What &#160;curiosity we had about that city, so different from our Milan.
July 2009. Twenty one years later recollections of that trip are still there, firmly impressed in my memory, the emotions felt are crude and strong the same as the dry and direct [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&amp;gt;-->Spring 1988. School trip, the last one in high school. To Berlin. What &nbsp;curiosity we had about that city, so different from our Milan.</p>
<p>July 2009. Twenty one years later recollections of that trip are still there, firmly impressed in my memory, the emotions felt are crude and strong the same as the dry and direct tones of the German language. Genau.</p>
<p>Let&rsquo;s start from the train trip Milan-Berlin. Central Station. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/32/2009/07/20/storyteller#more-32" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Travelling through Europe by car</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a Portuguese husband and when our two children were younger and living with us, we would regularly travel from Belgium to Portugal in the late 80s and early 90s, in order to visit my husband&#8217;s family and enjoy the southern European summer climate. It was not easy to prepare these 2000 km and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a Portuguese husband and when our two children were younger and living with us, we would regularly travel from Belgium to Portugal in the late 80s and early 90s, in order to visit my husband&rsquo;s family and enjoy the southern European summer climate. It was not easy to prepare these 2000 km and two/three day-long trips: we would have to get the car ready, plan carefully what luggage to take with us for a month long stay and not overloading the car, and, order French, Spanish and Portuguese currencies at the bank, something, which was not always immediately available and needed to be planned with days in advance.  <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/30/2009/07/16/storyteller#more-30" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Border controls between Greece and Austria</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A is half Greek. Her mother is Austrian and the family has lived in Vienna when she was a child. Of course, they often travelled back and forth to Greece on holidays or to meet with relatives. When travelling by car, they would usually choose to go through Italy and as a result they would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A is half Greek. Her mother is Austrian and the family has lived in Vienna when she was a child. Of course, they often travelled back and forth to Greece on holidays or to meet with relatives. When travelling by car, they would usually choose to go through Italy and as a result they would have to cross national borders twice (Greece- Italy, Italy-Austria) and undergo strict border controls (of travel documents, luggage etc)</p>
<p> <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/29/2009/07/16/storyteller#more-29" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>A whole live around the world. Working abroad</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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I was born in a very little town inland in the middle of the countryside, in Spain, 1943. I lived there till 19 years old. 
My life was very monotonous: I was helping my parents in the farm. When I was old enough to ride on bike, I used the bike to go to the [...]]]></description>
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<p><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><font size="2">I was born in a very little town inland in the middle of the countryside, in Spain, 1943. I lived there till 19 years old. </font></font></p>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><font size="2">My life was very monotonous: I was helping my parents in the farm. When I was old enough to ride on bike, I used the bike to go to the main city to attend the school. Having a bike was a wonderful gift. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/28/2009/07/15/esteller#more-28" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Politic Emigrant. Living in France and Spain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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My father and mother were born in a medium city in Spain, but they lived almost all their life in France.
My maternal grandfather had a communist ideology. Once he went on a strike, for that reason he could not get a job again. When in 1914 began the First World War, he had to emigrate [...]]]></description>
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My father and mother were born in a medium city in Spain, but they lived almost all their life in France.</p>
<p lang="en-US" align="justify">My maternal grandfather had a communist ideology. Once he went on a strike, for that reason he could not get a job again. When in 1914 began the First World War, he had to emigrate to France. One of the reason why the war began was because the imperialist contradictions, the capitalism crisis and because the great majority of the leaders supported the burgess so the workers were defenseless. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/27/2009/07/15/esteller#more-27" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>A visit to Holland in the Sixties</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brenda&#8217;s Story (collected by Sara de Freitas)

I had come over to the Netherlands for a conference that was for women in the Catholic church, concerned with providing their rights.
The summer was a warm one and the group between sessions wandered around the town of Amsterdam taking in the sights. Brenda was walking along beside the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Brenda&rsquo;s Story (collected by Sara de Freitas)<br />
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I had come over to the Netherlands for a conference that was for women in the Catholic church, concerned with providing their rights.</p>
<p>The summer was a warm one and the group between sessions wandered around the town of Amsterdam taking in the sights. Brenda was walking along beside the canal when she and the group happened upon a shabby looking canal boat with a group of hippie looking people sitting on the outside. They were very friendly and invited the ladies in for a tea. Brenda accepted their invitation and got into the boat, her friends desisted from joining her. But always one for the adventurous spirit I went in and joined them. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/20/2009/07/15/storyteller#more-20" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>1999: business trip to Bucarest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1999: I was working for an Italian software house &#8211; it was the time of the web boom; no web programmers could be found. The few that were available claimed salaries that were not in the least adequate to their competencies. What to do?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1999: I was working for an Italian software house &ndash; it was the time of the web boom; no web programmers could be found. The few that were available claimed salaries that were not in the least adequate to their competencies. What to do? <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/15/2009/07/14/storyteller#more-15" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>1977: an Italian family traveling to Sweden</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1977: L&#8217;Universit&#224; di Uppsala stava organizzando le celebrazioni ufficiali per i suoi 500 anni dalla fondazione. Mio padre era stato ufficialmente invitato a partecipare alla celebrazione; cos&#236; mia mamma ed io (9 anni all&#8217;epoca) siamo partite con lui.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1977: L&#8217;Universit&agrave; di Uppsala stava organizzando le celebrazioni ufficiali per i suoi 500 anni dalla fondazione. Mio padre era stato ufficialmente invitato a partecipare alla celebrazione; cos&igrave; mia mamma ed io (9 anni all&#8217;epoca) siamo partite con lui. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/14/2009/07/14/storyteller#more-14" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>1977: an Italian family traveling to Sweden</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1977: The University of Uppsala was organizing a great celebration for their 500 years since foundation. My father was officially invited to participate to the celebration. He took my mom and me (9 at the time) with him.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1977: The University of Uppsala was organizing a great celebration for their 500 years since foundation. My father was officially invited to participate to the celebration. He took my mom and me (9 at the time) with him. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/13/2009/07/14/storyteller#more-13" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>1974: a holiday camping across Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1974 my wife and I with two friends took a holiday camping across Europe. When we came to Prague, then deeply under Communism following the 1968 &#8216;Prague Spring&#8217;, we found the campsite was completely full.
We did not have much money but we were able to find a cheap hotel.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 1974 my wife and I with two friends took a holiday camping across Europe. When we came to Prague, then deeply under Communism following the 1968 &#8216;Prague Spring&#8217;, we found the campsite was completely full.</p>
<p>We did not have much money but we were able to find a cheap hotel.</p>
<p> <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/12/2009/07/14/storyteller#more-12" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Viaggio d&#8217;affari a Bucarest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1999: lavoravo per un&#8217;azienda italiana di software, era il periodo del boom della rete, in cui non si riusciva a trovare nessun programmatore, e i pochi disponibili pretendevano salari inadeguati rispetto alle loro competenze. Cosa fare?
L&#8217;azienda decise di provare nei paesi dell&#8217;Est, in cui la difficolt&#224; di trovare un&#8217;occupazione rimaneva elevata anche dopo il conseguimento [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1999: lavoravo per un&#8217;azienda italiana di software, era il periodo del boom della rete, in cui non si riusciva a trovare nessun programmatore, e i pochi disponibili pretendevano salari inadeguati rispetto alle loro competenze. Cosa fare?<br />
L&#8217;azienda decise di provare nei paesi dell&#8217;Est, in cui la difficolt&agrave; di trovare un&#8217;occupazione rimaneva elevata anche dopo il conseguimento della laurea, e dove i costi erano notevolmente minori. La Romania fu uno di questi paesi: non troppo lontana e con la stessa radice linguistica dell&#8217;italiano; inoltre, molte persone erano gi&agrave; in grado di capire l&#8217;italiano o erano comunque molto veloci nell&#8217;apprenderlo. Decisione presa: sarei andata a Bucarest con il direttore generale dell&#8217;azienda per condurre delle interviste per i programmatori web. Molto confortante! <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/11/2009/07/14/storyteller#more-11" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Voyage Italie - France avec un réfugié romanien</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pendant les vacances de P&#226;ques , une vir&#233;e en Italie. En 1975 les fronti&#232;res &#233;taient bien surveill&#233;es et avec notre look le contr&#244;le &#233;tait assur&#233; &#224; tous les postes fronti&#232;res. On revenaient donc d&#8217; Italie par la route qui suit la m&#233;diterran&#233;e, et de nuit. San Remo, Vintimille, Monaco, Nice&#8230; Il pleuvait. Soudain un homme [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pendant les vacances de P&acirc;ques , une vir&eacute;e en Italie. En 1975 les fronti&egrave;res &eacute;taient bien surveill&eacute;es et avec notre look le contr&ocirc;le &eacute;tait assur&eacute; &agrave; tous les postes fronti&egrave;res. On revenaient donc d&#8217; Italie par la route qui suit la m&eacute;diterran&eacute;e, et de nuit. San Remo, Vintimille, Monaco, Nice&#8230; Il pleuvait. Soudain un homme nous fait signe de nous arr&ecirc;ter pour le prendre. Ce que nous faisons. Il nous raconte qu&#8217;il est Roumain , qu&#8217;il &agrave; fuit la Roumanie pour venir vivre<br />
en France et ceci  pour des raisons politiques. A pied en &eacute;vitant toutes les fronti&egrave;res depuis la Roumanie, avec juste un petit sac de voyage et  un imperm&eacute;able et ainsi depuis des semaines. Il &agrave; faim, froid .. On fait de notre mieux pour le r&eacute;conforter. Il pense qu&#8217;il est d&eacute;j&agrave; en France, mais non il reste une fronti&egrave;re, aie, aie la derni&egrave;re. La plus difficile. On l&#8217;a d&eacute;pos&eacute; &agrave; quelques kilom&egrave;tres du poste fronti&egrave;re et il est parti dans la montagne.</p>
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		<title>Un viaggio verso la Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nel 1966, a 17 anni ero andato in gita con la scuola in Russia. La gita era stata organizzata da un docente della Boston Grammar School nel Lincolnshire nel Regno Unito, e consisteva in un viaggio in treno da Boston e con un traghetto attraverso l&#8217;Olanda, il Belgio, la Germania dell&#8217;Ovest, la Polonia, e il [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nel 1966, a 17 anni ero andato in gita con la scuola in Russia. La gita era stata organizzata da un docente della Boston Grammar School nel Lincolnshire nel Regno Unito, e consisteva in un viaggio in treno da Boston e con un traghetto attraverso l&rsquo;Olanda, il Belgio, la Germania dell&rsquo;Ovest, la Polonia, e il confine russo, a Brest, continuando fino a Mosca.<br />
Ricordo che il treno si ferm&ograve; presso il muro di Berlino, e che venne fiancheggiato da soldati armati che ci confiscarono tutta la frutta che avevamo. Passando attraverso la Germania Est e la Polonia, le differenze economiche erano ben evidenti. In Polonia e nelle Germania dell&rsquo;Est sembrava che la guerra fosse finita con gli aratri trainati dai cavalli nei campi polacchi.<br />
Durante i 5 giorni a Mosca avevamo guardato la finale della Coppa del Mondo di calcio 1966, in cui l&rsquo;Inghilterra vinceva sulla Germania dell&rsquo;Ovest per 4-2. Restammo all&rsquo; hotel Rossiya che dava sulla piazza rossa e ricordo che vedevo i negozi con gli scaffali vuoti e i mendicanti per la strada. <br />
Da Mosca andammo a Leningrado (San Pietroburgo) per 5 giorni, prima di ritornare a Southend passando per Helsinki e Copenhagen.<br />
Per un ragazzo cos&igrave; giovane &egrave; stato il viaggio di una vita.</p>
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		<title>Border trip Italy-France with a Romanian refugee</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the Easter holidays, a joyriding to Italy. In 1975 the borders were closely watched, and, with our look, the control was assured at every frontier post. So we were coming back from Italy by the road following the Mediterranean sea , by night. San Remo, Ventimiglia, Monaco, Nice&#8230; It was raining. Suddenly a man [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>During the Easter holidays, a joyriding to Italy. In 1975 the borders were closely watched, and, with our look, the control was assured at every frontier post. So we were coming back from Italy by the road following the Mediterranean sea , by night. San Remo, Ventimiglia, Monaco, Nice&#8230; It was raining. Suddenly a man motions to us to stop to pick him up. What we do . He tells us that he is Romanian, he ran away from Romania to come to live in France, and this, for political reasons. He left weeks ago, on foot, avoiding all the borders from Romania, just with a small overnight bag and a raincoat . He is hungry and cold. We do our best to cheer him up. He thinks he is already in France, but no, there is one more frontier to cross, the last one. The most difficult. We dropped him off a few kilometres away from the frontier post and he left in the mountains.</p>
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		<title>Almost too late&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first year Greece joint the European Union a huge number of European scientists including myself were invited to participate to a conference on the future of education. The conference took place in the nice looking island Spetses in Greece. Definitely the location was very interesting and I felt should accept the invitation and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the first year Greece joint the European Union a huge number of European scientists including myself were invited to participate to a conference on the future of education. The conference took place in the nice looking island Spetses in Greece. Definitely the location was very interesting and I felt should accept the invitation and held a presentation about the German educational system to all this honourable audience. The Ministry for Education and Religion- quite an interesting combination - was hosting the conference. As a delegate all my expenses were paid by the ministry and even got quit a motivating honorarium. So I went there. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/7/2009/07/14/storyteller#more-7" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>A trip to Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1966, when I was 17 years old, I went on a school trip to Russia. The trip was organised by a teacher at Boston Grammar School in Lincolnshire in the UK and involved a train journey from Boston via channel ferry and on through Holland, Belgium, West Germany, East Germany, Poland, through the Russian [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 1966, when I was 17 years old, I went on a school trip to Russia. The trip was organised by a teacher at Boston Grammar School in Lincolnshire in the UK and involved a train journey from Boston via channel ferry and on through Holland, Belgium, West Germany, East Germany, Poland, through the Russian border at Brest and on to Moscow. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/6/2009/07/14/storyteller#more-6" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>From Bratislava to Vienna</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Bratislava is located at a short distance from Vienna. Slovakia now part of the EU people from both sides of the border can travel to the other side freely and without particular formalities, although some restrictions still remain even now (e.g. green-card program for working in Austria). Nowadays people can move from Bratislava to Vienna [...]]]></description>
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<p>Bratislava is located at a short distance from Vienna. Slovakia now part of the EU people from both sides of the border can travel to the other side freely and without particular formalities, although some restrictions still remain even now (e.g. green-card program for working in Austria). Nowadays people can move from Bratislava to Vienna in very little time for recreation, work or shopping, take a train from one of Vienna&rsquo;s train stations or choose to fly from Vienna airport if they wish to travel to a specific location that is better served from there etc. <a href="http://www.evitaproject.odl.org/5/2009/07/14/storyteller#more-5" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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