Down and Out, but Happy !

What could be nicer than packing one's suitcases and flying off into

the sunset, enjoying a few relaxing weeks to just laze in the sun,

explore the new environment and to indulge in the area's top cuisine.

Simply leaving behind the everyday rat-race and make the most of

all the sights and sounds of your HOLIDAY/ VACATION ?

But when our time is up, most of us will be ready

to travel back home again.

How anyone could choose to lead a life as THIS, is simply beyond my

comprehension !

We watched a documentary film on tv last night showing people (young

and not so young) "living" in a stone shack or an ordinary camping tent

on the beautiful holiday paradise island of MALLORCA - SPAIN.

There are a number of people who prefer to live a life with no job,

no income and homeless - what a never ending struggle to survive !

Many of these AUSSTEIGER or dropouts, have left their families and

country of origin behind (mostly Germans) to live a life in poverty on

the sunny island.

The pictures above, shows only a little of a young man's daily struggle

to survive on a holiday island without money.

He's helping himself to a few branches off a tree and will use it as firewood

during the rainy and bitterly cold months of Winter in his shack.

The next picture shows how the staff of a Supermarket reels out a

waste container, and he's waiting his chance to look inside and take

"home" his free meal for the evening.

The bottom picture shows his stoney domain and where he chooses to

live and spend the rest of his days in poverty and loneliness.

As seen on television last night.

All I can add to this is HOME SWEET HOME and

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME !!