So, it's been a while, but I haven't forgotten! Having spent the last two weeks in the US, following through with what I needed to do to get my visa, I noticed a few more things that are different...
One is the fountains. American cities have them, but not like Kosice. This city's center is teeming with the things, and they are beautiful! There's one with an old, beautiful sculpture, one with an ugly, modern sculpture, and one that's flat and doesn't really have any sculpture. There's one that's full of rather large fish, one that's full of rather gross mosquito larvae, and one that's often full of small children. There's a huge one that literally sings and dances and lights up at night, and a tiny one that spurts out of the side of a building. There's one with a lion that spits water, one with a fish that spits water, and one with a dragon that just sits and looks at the water. All these fountains are super-beautiful, but there is one kind of fountain that the city is missing: a water fountain. I was pretty bummed about this until I discovered that the quaint-looking hand pumps that dotted the streets actually worked. Not only that, but the water is apparently good for drinking!
Granted the handles are a bit harder to work than a water fountain crank, but free water is better than none at all! If I start to break out in green spots, you'll know why now...
;)
One is the fountains. American cities have them, but not like Kosice. This city's center is teeming with the things, and they are beautiful! There's one with an old, beautiful sculpture, one with an ugly, modern sculpture, and one that's flat and doesn't really have any sculpture. There's one that's full of rather large fish, one that's full of rather gross mosquito larvae, and one that's often full of small children. There's a huge one that literally sings and dances and lights up at night, and a tiny one that spurts out of the side of a building. There's one with a lion that spits water, one with a fish that spits water, and one with a dragon that just sits and looks at the water. All these fountains are super-beautiful, but there is one kind of fountain that the city is missing: a water fountain. I was pretty bummed about this until I discovered that the quaint-looking hand pumps that dotted the streets actually worked. Not only that, but the water is apparently good for drinking!
Granted the handles are a bit harder to work than a water fountain crank, but free water is better than none at all! If I start to break out in green spots, you'll know why now...
;)
