hidden europe 24

Colour codes: a child's meditation

by Nicky Gardner

Picture above: photo © Jurijs Korjakins / dreamstime.com

Summary

Foreignness is often deliciously exotic. In an unusual departure from the regular hidden europe style, we place ourselves in the position of a child pondering worlds beyond the home village.

You can watch the globe forever, but still you won't know any more about Russia. Britain red. Russia green. Blue for the world's great seas where swim the sharks. White for the icy Arctic where polar bears roam. Green for Russia. Why green? Everything I read about Russia is red.

You can watch the globe forever, but still you won’t know any more about Russia. They have funny writing. Secretly when no-one is looking I write a curious code. All funny letters that I think look a bit like Russian ones.