The Greek vacation.
The Greek vacation.
IVAN SHTRAUH.
Earlier it seemed to me, that on travel the most important thing
To earn. But only now, having taken domestic service, I
Has understood: the most important thing therefrom to return. Because, if your departure
Abroad the domestic-owned firm made out, it is necessary to be ready to
To all.
It earlier we had a rest the whole month. For this time workers
Were in time not only go on the sea, but also to roll up in the three-litre
Banks cucumbers to go through some novels, to re-read mountain of books and
To turn face lifting. Now on all about all week, well
From force of days ten. Naturally, from many accompanying
Pleasures of type of cucumbers and repair it is necessary to refuse. Holiday
It is allowed to have a rest to the full extent - to full
Oblivion of a name of the chief and the firm name in which you work.
Clever people prepare for holiday strongly in advance. Spend
Marketing researches, interrogate acquaintances, who from what
Firms and where went. So I also have arrived, when have ahead loomed
Week of rest.
Where to go, doubts at me were not. To Greece: for me this
The country became same punktikom, as for old man Shlimana, about
Which the dead nowadays "п п?п п п я я п п?я я -Weekly" has written a marvellous phrase:
"In its last way saw off a bust of the Homere". However, acquaintances
Even at me it has appeared much less, than tour agencies, which
Offered the services in moving of my transitory body from
The countries of risky agriculture in edge of the eternal sun, where with
Surprise you find out, that scarlet is not a plant in clay
Pot, and a huge tree.
In some days of active interviewing of acquaintances I already
Precisely knew the list of firms in which it is not necessary at all
To address. Besides, I have been grounded by absolute true: better
In total to buy the permit not from firm-intermediary, and first-hand - at
Tour operator. It and is cheaper, and guarantees of rest without troubles
It is more.
In firm "Wind rose" on Pure ponds I have come casually:
Has decided to walk before job on foot. Having found out on a way the organisation,
Which did not appear in mine "the black list" and was on hearing,
Has decided to glance. The confident lady of average years ("Marina Volkova", -
It was presented) has in general depicted to me a trip. Yes, them
The firm is tour operator, and I will buy the ticket without nakrutki,
It has assured me. Well how much it is possible to pull and interrogate acquaintances?
More shortly, I have dared. As by accident at me with itself
There was money.
... I never trusted the internal voice. As soon as
He prompted to me to show obstinacy, I received on a neck for
Impudence. If someone inspired me uncontrollable liking -
Necessarily it appeared pervostatejnym the bastard. But type, not
Calling anything, except disgust, after a while
By all means became my friend. More shortly, among those the few
Rules by which I am guided in a life, on the first place
The following: never believe an internal voice.
Therefore, when I, having paid $495 for the permit to Greece on seven
Days, has caught in a voice of madam Marina Volkovoj full absence
Interest to me, has not paid to this attention. Whether well there are not enough reasons,
On which the woman can be indifferent to the man? And in vain,
By the way, I have not concentrated then on bad feeling -
You look, and would have a rest humanly.
Some days prior to a start I have started to keep ringing in "the Rose
Winds ": all the same it was time to receive the insurance, passports and
Tickets. In agency to me have explained: do not worry, say,
The citizen, two hours prior to a start will bring all documents in
The Vnukovsky airport the manager of "Wind rose".
Here it is necessary to specify: the start was outlined on 9 o'clock in the morning.
Accordingly, to be in time on a meeting to the manager, it is necessary to me
Was to appear in Vnukove in 7 mornings. Means, to rise in the morning even
Not in 6, and in 5. Bystrenko all it having counted, I have tried to prevail upon
"Rose" to hand out to me documents in advance, appealing to the simple
To human feelings: well I can not and I do not wish to begin holiday in 5
O'clock in the morning. In 5 mornings it is possible to go to business trip, to meet with
Trains of the army friend. Eventually, in five mornings it is possible
Even to come back home from the beloved. But voluntary to rise
At this time in the first put holidays it is impossible!
Especially to me, the person thorough (boring, necessarily
The wife corrects me), somehow nekomfortno to go to a way without
The uniform document.
But is not present, in "Wind rose" my pity resistance have broken.
To be told by all at the airport in 7 - means, in 7.
At 7 o'clock in Vnukove was nobody. That is there was I, there was a crowd
Furious tourists who also went to have a rest from "Roses
Winds ". There was no, actually, only one person - promised
The manager with documents. Neither at 7.15, nor at 7.30, at 7.45 it not
Has appeared. Troubles, as is known, rally. The general
Intense expectation has given way to irritation, then
Confusions. After even five minutes all tourists have started to discuss
Terrible fate of the manager of "Wind rose". Perhaps, it has got under
The car? At it has jammed the lift? It was bitten by a mad dog? Or
The chief has dismissed - unexpectedly for all of us?
- And can, all of us "have thrown" in agency? - Has assumed
The gentle creation similar to nymph Vatto.
The group has looked at it with fury, as though having aimed
To illustrate the Soviet song-alarm "People of the world, be more sharp-sighted
Three times ".
Exactly in eight to sew to nervous crowd the lady has moored in
Striped bridges. To a massive bust it pressed a folder with
Passports.
- Where you were, slow you ours? - The beginnings there was I, but
The lady has presented me such sight... Barmalej it would be re-educated
Instantly, even before travel in krokodilju a womb.
- I to you in general have no relation, - she has declared. - I
The same tourist, as all of you. Me have simply asked to pass you
Documents. You should not to the claim to show, and to thank for
Courtesy. If not I, would have a rest at the Vnukovsky airport
Instead of Greece.
That-that, and here to put into place our people can. Especially
That the lady in bridges spoke the truth: it indeed was banal
The tourist also has taken our documents from pure altruism. For,
As is known, our people not only hamovaty, but also are philanthropic.
In the envelope I have found out the passport and tickets. But where
The insurance? It was found out, that the insurance is not present at anybody. To row
It was nobody us. Besides, attentively having studied documents, I
Has found out, that Mrs. Volkova has deceived me. The owner of round was not
"Wind rose", and Greek firm Mouzenidis-Tours, and it all
Has issued correctly. The office of the Greek firm settled down on the same
The Purest ponds. To enterprising misters from "Wind rose"
It was necessary to pass only road to earn on $75 on
To resale of each permit. That is "rose" has appeared most
The ordinary intermediary, and at all tour operator.
The following muck waited for us already on hospitable and ancient
To the Greek earth. It was found out, that on the Greek border it is lost
One of lists of our group visa. But at all it was bad.
Misunderstanding - here a scourge biped. On the person of the Greek frontier guard
The horror when he has seen crowd enraged and making a din on was represented
Not clear to it language of tourists (after all the promised manager with us
Was not). It has quickly closed customs on the lock and has disappeared.
Having surveyed our group, I have come to conclusion: it is necessary to take business in the
Hands. To become to itself the director, that is "Wind rose", and that
Holiday will be crashed definitively. In wild English I was rose to
To Greeks.
Approximately on the same gibberish I talked once with
Well-known artist Herlufom Bidstrupom, when magazine
"Working woman" where I worked as the trainee, has sent me to it for
Picture. All the day I ran for Bidstrupom, which as close
The friend to the Soviet people has been surrounded by a dense ring kagebistov.
Towards the end of day it from them has run away in restaurant "п п я п п?п?п п я ". At midnight
(I waited for it in night together with women of easy virtue) it left restaurant
Dead drunk, with smart nimfetkoj.
- The Mr., - has addressed I to it, - ah em from vumen megazin.
Pliz, pikcher, Mr. Bidstrup.
The old man has instantly sobered up, has drawn the girl on a napkin
On a pot also has written sympathy words to the remarkable Soviet
To women.
So I had bases self-confidently to believe, that Greeks
Me will understand. Fifteen minutes we kvohtali in English. At last
Frontier guards have found faksovuju a visa copy. Having built group before
The frontier guard as oktjabrjat on a ruler, I have spent muster, and
Our company (herd, misters) passed the Greek boundary
Post. That is pleasant, the people have started me to obey and recognise for
The chief. Even the lady in striped bridges tried to keep
More close to me, and the nymph also has at all hung on a sleeve. As Moisej,
Forty years driving Jews by the ground promised, I went in advance
The small group. An internal voice, which I for a long time
Has accustomed to be silent, prompted me, what is it yet all. And it is correct,
One good business does not remain unpunished. And, following the further
To the logician of banalities, tests are sent to the one whom they on
To forces. More shortly, it was found out: I was not present in lists Greek
Managers who met group.
I did not have any claims to these belozubym ahillam and
ajaksam with lists in hands which have aggressively opposed
To my penetration into the bus: I fine understood, that the culprit
All my troubles - notorious "Wind rose". The Greatest victim,
Which ajaksy were ready to bring, - to call in office "Roses
Winds ".
I can give the remarks only in transfer, differently mine
The teacher of English Svetlana Leonidovna Jurchenko will withdraw that
The sickly four which has put to me at state examination. I explained:
Today the day off, at office "Wind rose" is not present anybody.
As a result, already absolutely having been stunned by all this leapfrog,
nedosypa, lows in another's language, I have declared: if you do not lodge
Me under the word of honour, I will ask the political in Greece
Refuges. Greeks have burst out laughing, have taken away my luggage and have carried me in
Hotel.
Further there was paradise - the sun, the sea, palm trees-olives. On a beach I
Has caught the nymph: having stretched in a chaise lounge, she read Jack Londona.
Something infinite about the snow, the brought wintering, supermen,
Acquired beards and showing miracles of courage and
Endurance.
- It is any story about the present person, - the nymph has told.
And here I have thought, that all ekstremalka Jack Londona
Occurs akkurat at that width on which Moscow is located.
That for them a feat, for our person a tender reality.
Departure became following fraternisation with the life truth. Therefore as
Everywhere, where to local service we tries to sit down next,
There is an unprecedented muck. And know why? An answer at level
Lexicon. That for them is proud and otstranenno is called
"Service", in our country it is called "service". Yes what
Russian will serve another with a high? Yes its razor,
The client that is, on a muzzle. At us in the native language for a word
"Client" is not present even analogue.
So, a part the second - returning to the historical native land.
About that the airport from which I should take off, is closed
On planned repair, our group have informed in advance. Well it is closed and
It is closed - a start have simply transferred to other airport. From Greeks I
For anything bad did not wait, except the good. With quiet soul
Has arrived to the airport, there has passed examination. To a start remains half an hour,
Which we with the nymph have spent behind guessing of crossword puzzles.
"Something not so", - I when we have solved through two have thought
Crossword puzzle also have started the third. As it was found out, there has passed hour.
Then even an hour. Planting do not declare, information any. Then
Us invite to an exit and, instead of planting in the plane,
Under a torrential rain and protection of policemen conduct through the take-off
Strip also place in any hangar. Then there is a next
The Ajax and, being confused in English, explains: at "Vnukovsky airlines"
Problems with fuel payment and when they will dare, not clearly.
Because day the day off and banks do not work.
And here we find out, that our hangar is surrounded by police and
Anywhere, and it is concrete behind meal, in a rest room and to phones, us not
Start up. (Whether you, the reader have turned, attention, as gradually
Extreme individualism "I" was replaced in my narration
Pronoun "we"?).
An hour later per a hangar there was mordatyj a representative
"Vnukovsky airlines". The big white person was indulgent to
To us, to prisoners of a hangar: we managed to ask to start up it us
To call home. After all the most part of our company, ours
Amicable, soldered in struggle with domestic, excuse, service
Collective were going to to meet the family in the Russian
To the airport.
The nymph has gone to call to the groom under protection of policemen.
Most of all problems and excitements has called visiting of the known
Institutions - policemen strongly kompleksovali, remained before
Doors of a ladies' toilet. Back the nymph has come got prettier,
Full of impressions, as though having returned from Continent.
Further event began to be developed on the national
To the scenario. As it is traditional, always is amazing and
Live participation of strangers. Obmateriv on 100-th time "Vnukovsky
Airline "and" the Wind rose ", having got tired from each other and having understood, that
The hangar is unique for today a reality given
To us in sensations, we... Actually, all has begun that I
Has got bottle "metaksy", bought in duty-free. A souvenir,
Intending to the second husband of my mum Simeon Arkadevichu,
Have opened, have poured on plastic glasses and... Has rushed.
Because "metaksy" it has appeared though fill in: not I one
Has attended to a problem of souvenirs. The people have started to exchange
Snack. The nymph has opened a box of sweets. The lady in striped bridges
Cut a ham. The bald president of any firm has suggested to lean
On grapes also has switched on the tape recorder. The life has started to seem to me though
And a little mad, but attractive, and a train of disorders -
Cheerful adventure. The nymph has left to dance with bald, and I
Has joined the company which have started to raspevke. The first in
Repertoire "evenings Situated near Moscow" appeared.
The Greeks-policemen guarding us, observed it in a shock: with
Absolutely not clear metamorphosis has occurred us, in their opinion.
The spiteful, deceived tourists, still half an hour back ready almost
To the international conflict, liked mankind and in general were
Are absolutely happy with a life.
In the plane we were started up by three hours later. Though, under the truth
To tell, badly I remember, how it was. It is ready to believe, that to a gangway
The plane I was seen off by a bust of the Homere.
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