RETURN TO ARISTOCRACY (January 20, 2014)

I dreamt that Europe was swept by constitutional change. It was a return to aristocracy. My beloved and I happened to be in Spain at the time, and everything changed overnight. All the powers returned to the Bourbons, if I remember correctly. The bill that we were paying after a breakfast at our hotel was expressed as our heartfelt thanks to the king of Spain. The bill was huge and elaborately ornamented, too. I remember being perplexed by the wording of the bill that both of us had to sign in ink. I wondered what the constitutional change would mean in Croatia, where the two of us lived. Are the Habsburgs back in power? I also remember thinking how my beloved and I could get back our aristocratic titles and privileges in the new world, for both of our families had aristocratic roots. When I woke up, it was morning already. My beloved was still asleep next to me, but the alarm clock was soon to wake her up. The memory of my dream made me shudder, but my thoughts about the Habsburgs made me smile. I could imagine many Croats changing sides one more time. As well as quite eagerly.