Story-A-Day #375: A Day In The City

A DAY IN THE CITY

It is difficult not to feel excited.  Everything is different in the city.  The buildings don't all lay low to the ground.  They are not all mirror images of eachother.  In the city, the buildings stratch skyward with pride, icons of power and dreams fulfilled.

There is excitement around every corner; new things to see and experience.

She inhales deeply and a rich, fiery curry scent fills her nostrils, overriding the smell of exhaust and garbage.  A group of people pass by, chattering rapidly in an unknown tongue.  She smiles at them, and nods her head slightly, but they pass by oblivious.  She doesn't mind.  She is simply greatful for the experience of brushing elbows with a different culture.  It feels good to have different shades of humanity mixed into the white with which she is accustomed.

She wanders down the crowded sidewalk seeking an unknown destination.  She feels a little lost, and honestly, she has no idea where she even is at the moment.  That's part of the adventure though.  She doesn't really want to know, at least not until it is time to go home.  For now, she is quite content wandering aimlessly, no particular destination in mind.  Eventually something will jump out at her, and when it does, she will have found her destination.

Until then, she will continue walking.

She hopes that at some point she will strike up a random conversation with a stranger, prefereably a cute guy who is also aimlessly wandering through a day in the city.  She hopes they will strike a chord and become fast friends.  He will take her on a tour and show her places that tend to be off the beaten path; a grungey pub filled with off beat characters, or a forgotten flea market stocked with impossible deals, or better still, a deserted art gallery filled with magical works of prose and paint and chisled marble.

It's best not to have a schedule on a day like today.  It's best just to wander about and wait for that inevitable something, or someone, to find you.  That's the beauty of a day in the city, knowing that something is always about to happen.