"Here I am, gentlemen!"

And so the letter begun...

I didn't forget to explain you the part of the book that connects between two people in so many ways, and the book is known as 'Around the World in Eighty Days' by Jules Verne published in 1873 and tells the story of Phileas Fogg from London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout and their attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club.

Snæfellsjökull volcano located in the Snæfellsnes peninsula, our home somewhere in west of Iceland is mentioned in other famous Verne's novel 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' it doesn't stop me from drawing this connection line between these two stories because the reason for both of them sums up very well as you all could see in a moment.
Traveling around the globe is what I'm doing for a long time, only after reading 'Around the World in Eighty Days' again I could see what connected between me and Mr. Phileas Fogg, it wasn't the search for fame or fortune or the need to prove others they were wrong, the answer is much more simple.
Reaching the end of the book, the last few sentences made me smile because I could see how my adventures takes form in few words written ink on paper...

"Phileas Fogg had won his wager, and had made his journey around the world in eighty days. To do this he had employed every means of conveyance—steamers, railways, carriages, yachts, trading-vessels, sledges, elephants. The eccentric gentleman had throughout displayed all his marvelous qualities of coolness and exactitude. But what then? What had he really gained by all this trouble? What had he brought back from this long and weary journey?"

He was sure he lost the bet but he did marry the girl he loved. He already forgot the adventures he had.

While arranging the wedding with the help of his assistant Passepartout, Passepartout learns that he is mistaken in the date due to the fact that the party traveled east, thereby gaining a full day on their journey around the globe, by crossing the International Date Line. Passepartout hurries back to Fogg, who immediately sets off for the Reform Club, where he arrives just in time to win the wager. Thus ends the journey around the world.


Me voici, messieurs , disait-il

and in his calm voice, said, "Here I am, gentlemen!"

What did he gain from his entire journey around the world? The book tell us the answer...which is translated from French.

"Nothing, say you? Perhaps so; nothing but a charming woman, who, strange as it may appear, made him the happiest of men!"

And the last sentence of the book adds...

"Truly, would you not for less than that make the tour around the world?" I think that sums it all.

Inevitable

I'm not always starting a blog with a lie but sometimes it is inevitable.
Have you ever thought about how things are different than they appear and have you ever realized that the most dangerous thing in life is to live. still, it doesn't stop you from keep on trying isn't it? Because this is the way it is, we are skipping the breaks but never stop thinking "what if?..." I don't know...Take "LOVE" for example, how many times during a life time its definition changes? do you still feel it exactly the way you felt it when you just met? only now you know, the minute you stopped loving her and started loving yourself you realized how much you really love her...

It's better to stop smoking, life is too dangerous anyway.

Everything looks different when you start your day with a morning smile.

Today is like every other day, you got 24 hours to think, 24 hours to dream and 24 hours to breath, you got to wake up early in the morning and start to live, there is no need to look at the clock, you got 24 hours to be yourself. that's the way it is, today will never return just like yesterday and the day before, embrace today and let today embrace you and in the last moment leave it and start embracing tomorrow.

I'm not always ending a blog with a lie but sometimes it is inevitable.