[Membroj] Esperanto Cafe in the Village

[Erin Piateski]

I was with my boyfriend in Malta about a year ago, and I was
approached a random Esperantist.  I don't know if he heard me yelling
something over to my boyfriend (who was about 20 meters away, checking
to see if a bus was the one we wanted), or if was the green star pin
on my coat.  He was a French guy living in London, on vacation in
Malta (like us), spoke Esperanto very well.  Unfortunately it was his
last night in Malta, so we couldn't do anything with him before he
left.  I wanted to get a picture with him but was worried it might
seem weird and creepy so I didn't ask, but I probably should have.

It was really cool though.  We all took the same bus over to a
neighboring town, spent the whole time chatting.

Erin

2009/1/30 Jed Meltzer <jedmeltzer at yahoo.com>:
> I've been to the Esperanto Cafe.  Cool as it is, it's just a name.  When I went there (several years ago) with a bunch of Esperantists, none of the staff had any idea what the name even meant.  On the other hand, on the same trip, we were speaking E-o in a Dunkin Donuts in Jersey City and this guy came up to us and started conversing with us.  He had learned E-o in his native Mexico.  That's the only time in my life something like that has happened.  I'm curious if anyone else has had such an experience?
>
> Still, I like the Esperanto Cafe, since it is right across the street from a bar called Banjo Jim's.  As an E-o speaking banjo player, that spot is my Shangri La.
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> -Jed
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