Love in the Time of Coronavirus, Day 18
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by Dalia F
4y ago
The chances are 50/50 whether my flight will get cancelled, if I’ll get to Miami (where certainly everything is a bit nuts) or, that I’ll stay in Lisbon until coronavirus boils over. Shifting the warm comforter at my hostel bed so I can reach for my phone as the alarm sounds, I turn it off. I peel my eyes open. Like a boring deja vu, I check my flight status on the TAP website. In the flight number field, I enter for the tenth time in the past two days “922.” “On Schedule.” Mechanically, I get up, shower, and put on the same clothes I’d worn the day before (with clean undies and ..read more
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Love in the Time of Coronavirus, Days 17-18
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by Dalia F
4y ago
Will it ever stop? All of the flight cancellations? Flight 922 is cancelled today (this is significant because that’s the same flight number as mine for tomorrow!) and I suspect mine will be cancelled tomorrow. I’ve got to take action and go to the airport. Packing up my things I give my keycard back to reception. “I’m going to the airport to see if I can get on a flight today, but things might not work out and might be back later to stay the night.” “Ok, we’ve done this a couple of times today. I’ll leave your name in the system,” he assures me. Normally there are a few guests relaxing ..read more
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Love in the Time of Coronavirus, Days 17 – 19
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by Dalia F
4y ago
It’s a race to find a flight out of Europe amidst this coronavirus travel ban. Just when I think I’m close to the finish line and doing well, something else comes to trip me up. Onboard the first train back to the hostel where I can concentrate and research flights out of Europe, I practice the art of not stressing over something you cannot control. I think I inherited that countenance from my dad, the military man. I was on a train to research, come to a decision and take action. That’s the responsible thing to do with this new info and that’s all I could do. At the hostel, I begin the ..read more
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Love in the Time of Coronavirus, Days 13-17
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by Dalia F
4y ago
What is love, anyway? That’s the question. And considering how badly my Friday the 13th started, it has a surprise ending. This Friday the 13th was a surprise, indeed. The news that I’d been let go in a large-scale layoff at my work, classes almost grinding to a halt at the dance studio in Lisbon (which was the whole purpose of the trip) plus the fact that the person who had said he loves me doesn’t want me to come visit was just too much. My body is begging me to let it shut down. Hibernate. Elias writes me only a message or two, although they are sweet and brimming with romantic langu ..read more
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Love in the Time of Coronavirus, Days 12-13
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by Dalia F
4y ago
Limits are being put on travel to the US, which could affect my dance vacation. I’ve decided whether to stay, go, or see Elias. But Friday the 13th starts off like a bad omen. Searching for the scariest ticket to Gran Canaria “You can stay with me. I can offer you a place to stay and food at least,” He’d made this declaration the morning after I told him about the travel ban and losing my job. Our chats and conversations had brought us even closer. I felt like I had stumbled upon a dream. He is who my heart has been waiting for. Not actively looking because it doesn’t just seem like ..read more
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Love in the Time of Coronavirus, Days 5 – 7
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by Dalia F
4y ago
Coronavirus is still something in the background to my dance-work-vacation in the Canary Islands and Lisbon. Nothing has hit me yet, and I have another great couple of days. “¡El faro!” The lighthouse. That’s the one thing I wanted to see on the Grand Canary Island, but mostly because my godmother loves lighthouses. Oddly, Elias asked if I didn’t mind stopping at a grocery store. Once there he made a point of asking me, excitedly, what I wanted multiple times. He offered to buy me a new pair of inexpensive shoes to replace my boots that were falling apart. He said he wanted to so I wou ..read more
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The Most Multicultural Spot on Earth: The Dance Floor
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by Dalia F
4y ago
“Look at this,” Polo, my Haitian-French friend signals with his open hand. His slow head-shake makes his short dreads sway. We were sharing the edge of a lounge chair by the pool, chatting, taking a break from all of the dancing under the Miami sun that was only tempered by stationary, translucent clouds and an iced cocktail. The scene he was referring to was of many couples dancing, hitting that concrete and stone poolside floor. I can imagine that that rocky floor has never felt the human energy of that many people loving the ground with their feet and with such energy until DJ Mike’s ..read more
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by Dalia F
4y ago
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