In the interim of all these events that are happening to our new neighbor: the issue of the million and a half meters of industrial land suggested as soon as we arrive; The skilful evasion of getting rid of the promising soccer team – a classic in the square -, the mud, the velodrome in Barranda, etc., the couple had a trip to Madrid. The looks of the mediators …
Trump consults with the attentions if it is customary here to rent a helicopter to make the Santomera / Puerta de Hierro route. These tell him not that – said roughly – Noriega was going to look like fleeing to Ciudad Real. That people here don’t understand these displays. The best thing is the train (I recommend my article Elx-Parc).
The train.
Trump had not traveled by train since the presidential campaign, when he toured the central US states as if he were Lincoln accompanied by Salomé, on a tour that he remembers with no special fondness. Hotter than Los Nietos, dust everywhere; populations that looked like that of Sunrise, which is no small thing and a group of people who did not even suppose that they could be North Americans. The train was not his preferred option, in principle.
Contrasting the different options by train from Murcia with the group of atildados and with the group of mediators. It seemed the conjecture of Poincaré: that if from Murcia or from Albacete or perhaps Orihuela. Someone even suggested eating on the coast and hitching a ride in Balsicas, to take advantage. Between 4 and 6 hours, more or less. When the matter reached the greatest degree of confusion possible, a member of the group of mediators proposed an eclectic solution: T’os by car to Madrid. Like in the good old days.
How posh they were going to go by train, that they were going to look like the Paso del Perdón. Those from Murcia when they travel to Madrid do not simply travel, but rather implement a logistical operation that includes means of transport, supplies, contacts, rest, communications … and intelligence and counterintelligence.
And they took the trip. They were a little tight, but Trump didn’t dislike the format. Casual, unhurried, well eaten… These from Murcia puzzled him at times, but they were clever. The payos these, as he heard them say.
The trip was a success, except for the fact that those from Murcia -including the dapper ones- were not allowed to go to the Real Puerta de Hierro Golf Club, but they went to dinner at Chistu and fixed the problem. Then they had some refreshments in the area … and to sleep until the next day, day of return.
Back at the Casa del Agua, he looked at Melania, who was always watching the darkness from the windows, it looked like Rebecca, and he said: “I don’t know if we’re going to be here for a long time – from Melania’s face, he didn’t. but that’s why I want to do something for these people.
I have an idea…
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