It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

For a variety of subconscious reasons the above quote is bouncing inside my head in its original language, English. Problem is: I don’t know where I picked it up from. I googled the quote this morning. They are the introductory words to Dicken’s novel “A Tale of Two Cities”, which I watched three years ago as represented by the students of Joensuu Uni. However, I cannot recall the quote from then, and maybe I have read it somewhere else.

Connected somehow, this afternoon when I switched on my mp3 player, it started playing “Tale of Two Cities” by Chris Von Sneidern, from his album “California Redemption Value”. Nice melodies and lyrics…

Lastly and connected again somehow, Elemer, who starred the “Tale of Two Cities” play, was one of the conversation topics today at lunch. He recently moved to Lisboa, and is getting married somewhere in Finland. Here you can see him acting at his best!

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