Ramon’s shoulder blade was broken. His uncle, a doctor, issued his diagnosis after one look. Thanking us, he started to prepare for the drive to Figueres hospital. We drove down to our apartment, making the supermarket barely five minutes before it closed. Lugging the five litre container up two flights of stairs we slammed the front door shut. As we poured the water straight down our parched throats, we began to laugh with pure joy. What a day it had been. A year previously we had walked the eight kilometres […]

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Everyone had just left. After celebrating my birthday and some basic tidying up we sat down for a moment. “Why don’t you check your email?” she asked. I took the hint. Taking out my iPhone I opened the email app. And there I saw confirmation I was flying to Budapest on Friday. Now that confused me – she was supposed to be attending a conference in Budapest the following month. She quickly filled me in on the details. She was leaving for Hungary on Wednesday.  It was this month she […]

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