Chapter 44: A Winter Journey of Love

Like any newly married couple, Rinota and Lintang spent their honeymoon happy to be together now as a harmonious couple in love, smiling at the future. They walked slowly along the beautifully carved marble stone bridge, stopping in the middle when quite by chance a coin fell into the winding river making circles and then disappeared at the bottom."Now make a wish like throwing coins into a fountain and it will come true.""In that case, I have one big wish, but I think it's impossible to come true." "And what kind of desire is that I want to know?""First we're going from Rome to Venice, then on a trip around Europe, then on a trip around the world, then we're going to Mars to check if it snows on Mars too because it's cold there.""And after Mars?""Let's think about which planet is the most interesting to explore, and what if we return to Earth from space and inhabit a deserted island and work as nomads over the Internet.""It is not unattainable, you know, from Rome to Venice is not far, but everyone is exploring Mars, working as a nomad from a desert island on planet Earth is only unattainable without a Wi-Fi device, it is still unattainable without a Wi-Fi provider, but settling on an island which has electricity and water and that is possible.""From Rome we only need one 1 hour by plane to Venice. But these days airports around the world have suffered computer system hacks and many passengers have had to wait for hours to claim their luggage.""Yes, we are going by super fast train although the journey is longer than by plane. Indonesia is also building a track for a new super high-speed train that is manufactured in China, so let's see how it feels to travel on that new type of train.21. century is the century of technology, but let's not forget that many children in the world still live in primitive conditions, in some rural places life has not progressed for centuries, even to school they have to walk three hours in one direction, some children over a mountain range, some children following a defunct railway to their distant place...That is why we should dedicate ourselves to the urbanization and modernization of villages and rural areas in Bali so that our children have good living conditions.""How many children do you want?", Lintang asked."As a child, I wanted to have a lot of brothers and sisters, like some of my friends, because I think that in big families there is more connection and that everyone helps each other, and when they get older they travel to nice places together by cruise." Lintang smiled," well I like your view of the family too, so we share the same opinion.""Life and family are born from love.""Yes, when love comes first."Do you know that Gandhi's motto was "Life is Love?""Good," she said."Tell me what your motto is?""My motto is the same.""I can understand it better now than before.""My second motto is to be one even though we are two.""The journey of love is like a rocket launched to Mars!""We have our whole life to travel towards your goal...""Of course, if we focus on our love, that path is shorter than the journey of light through space.""However, in reality we cannot live isolated from the world like Tarzan and Jane.""Of course not, we are also famous actors, but at least on our honeymoon we can dream about it.""Maybe to come back to reality we could book a ticket to Venice, it must be crowded this time of year!""You are right, it is the winter season in Europe which is something new for both of us who grew up in Indonesia." "The weather forecast says that it will be very cold in January this year, so let's buy a new winter cloth to survive the harsh winter here."."Are you afraid of winter?""Oh no, love warms us, but in order not to turn into ice statues forever, it's better to wrap ourselves in soft coats and hats, you know how they do it in Siberia when it's cold, they wear three pairs of socks."