Tintin, symbol of Belgium
closing doors, borders (lately we say this word a lot), communications and transport. The antithesis of the freedom to launch out to see the world, of the need to find someone who will teach us that the different does not bite , in short, of the importance of following learning through travel and, above all, of right to do without fear.
Around 0800 two explosions shook Brussels-Zaventem , the main airport of the Belgian capital. An hour and a half later, a third detonation was registered in the subway, downtown . An airport and the subway, constant comings and goings of people moving towards new destinations or who arrive in search of theirs, hives of cultural richness , authentic encyclopedias of the world made buildings and public transport that one can read avidly with only keeping the eyes open a little. Travel symbols.
We travel to disconnect, to get to know new places, to take the photo of the day (we are not going to deny it either), but, above all, we travel because it is necessary : to discover realities alien to ours , to open our minds, so that what is different stops frightening us, to have that open-mindedness that prevents us from falling into radicalism when reality, and the horror that it sometimes distributes to us, make it so difficult for us; and, above all, so that the empathy does not end up being a value that is becoming more and more expensive.