Well, yeah. I know it's quite common to meet tourists in a patisserie, and more common in Asztalka 'cause of it's location. I know tourists climb down from the Castle and find this nice little place in the corner of the church, it isn't a surprise either they're comin' in. I know they like to speak to Hungarians, and I've never minded, they are sweet and funny when they're amazed on our culture and country, also on our strange and difficult language, so yeah: I like to speak to them. I like to take pictures of them if they ask me to, I like to see the excitement on their faces as they're thinking about their friends and families like what they will say about that picture. I like to speak to them about their trip, as like what they saw or what they can't understand about us, Hungarians, or what they want to visit in the next few days. I like to recommand places to visit, not just sights, but small alleys and buildings which aren't on tourist maps but worth to see. And I really, really like their gratitude for the care what they get from me. Yes, I love tourists. The ones who are interested in people too, not just sights. And yes, Asztalka is a good place for meeting foreigners who want to know the people.
And today was a very special day for me in this regard. There were a lot of tourists by us today - I guess they also made a holiday as Hungarians make for the Easter days. It's quite common too, that during the holidays there are lot more people abroad than on weekdays. I used to it, I understand, why. But it's so much different, if two young girls from the other corner of the world come and visit us, and tell me I'm beautiful.
To be honest, I was stunned. I've never-ever got that compliment from complete strangers before (well, not from sober ones), and never from ladies. (Everyone, who wants to read a gay story, get off. You don't understand what I'm talking about.) Guys, you won't understand it, but if a girl tells a girl she's beautiful, it means something. Because she doesn't tell it from attraction, and she's not one-sided, because she's not interested in it! It means she really thinks what she says, and it is a huge thing. It never sounds as if a boy said, because it is told from pureness. If a girl says it, it means she's not jealous, she's amazed. And THAT's what made me stunned.
The great thing was that she really ment it, I heard it in her voice. I couldn't believe her, but I felt she ment it. And I've never got so much love from a stranger. And all this with one, three-worded sentence: "You are beautiful." I'll never understand what made Xuang say that, but I'll be greatful for it forever in my life. And she's amazing, really. Just amazing, though I do not know her, not yet, but I know she is. Simply amazing.
(Note: Now at least four people in the world thinks I'm beautiful: first of all my mum, then my big brother, and next to James Blunt now Alpaca Xuang. Love those four!)