Foto: grandpalaceriga.com
Autors: Iveta Prisjagina
Avots: Grand Palace Hotel
Viesnīcas slēgšanas laikā "Grand Palace Hotel" nonāca pie vēsturiskas vēstules, kuru ir uzrakstījis Frānsiss Skots Ficdžeralds (romāna "Lielais Getsbijs" autors ), kurš arī 1920. gadā kādu laiku pavadīja Spāņu gripas pandēmijas karantīnā Francijas dienvidu daļā.
Vēstulē bija rakstīts:
Reklāma
Dearest Rosemary,
It was a limpid dreary day, hung as in a basket from a single dull star. I thank you for your letter. Outside, I perceive what may be a collection of fallen leaves tussling against a trash can. It rings like jazz to my ears. The streets are that empty. It seems as though the bulk of the city has retreated to their quarters, rightfully so. At this time, it seems very poignant to avoid all public spaces. Even the bars, as I told Hemingway, but to that he punched me in the stomach, to which I asked if he had washed his hands. He hadn’t. He is much the denier, that one. Why, he considers the virus to be just influenza. I’m curious of his sources.
The officials have alerted us to ensure we have a month’s worth of necessities. Zelda and I have stocked up on red wine, whiskey, rum, vermouth, absinthe, white wine, sherry, gin, and lord, if we need it, brandy. Please pray for us.
You should see the square, oh, it is terrible. I weep for the damned eventualities this future brings. The long afternoons rolling forward slowly on the ever-slick bottomless highball. Z. says it’s no excuse to drink, but I just can’t seem to steady my hand. In the distance, from my brooding perch, the shoreline is cloaked in a dull haze where I can discern an unremitting penance that has been heading this way for a long, long while. And yet, amongst the cracked cloud line of an evening’s cast, I focus on a single strain of light, calling me forth to believe in a better morrow…
Faithfully yours, F. Scott
Tāpat kā F. Skots Ficdžeralds, arī "Grand Palace Hotel" tic jaunam un labākam rītam. Viesnīcas bārs un restorāns ir pilnībā aprīkoti ar pietiekamu daudzumu daudzveidīgu dzērienu, uzkodu un ēdienu, lai viesi ilgstoši varētu baudīt viesnīcas burvīgo atmosfēru un servisu pašā Vecpilsētas sirdī. "Grand Palace Hotel" ar pilnu jaudu gatavojas atkal sagaidīt viesus un savas durvis vērsim vaļā jau 2020. gada 5. jūlijā. Lai godinātu Frānsisu Skotu Ficdžeraldu un svinētu gaišāku nākotni, viesnīcā visu vasaru pasniegs lieliskus kokteiļus no filmas "Lielais Getsbijs".
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