One day I realized that it had been two years since the last time I have seen the sea. The sea always was, for us Czechoslovakian citizens, a special place. In a geographical sense; the country is landlocked, and...in a political sense; the sea became a symbol of freedom. Thus, I decided that a time span of two years was emotionally significant enough to allow me to "not to see it (again)". I asked my friends to drive me, (blindfolded) and a large mirror to the Baltic Sea coast in East Germany. Upon our arrival, my friends placed the mirror, in an upright position on the beach facing the sea. I was escorted towards the mirror, where I sat down, removed the blindfold and watched the sea's reflection in the mirror. After an hour of mirror-sea-watching, my friends blindfolded me again and we returned back to Prague.
