The author recounts taking a bus tour in Vienna where another group of travelers refused to ride with them after seeing an Arab woman and her aunt on the bus. This made the author reflect on why the group was unwilling to share the bus with Arabs, and how hatred can persist even in a relaxing spa environment meant for wellness. The author believes that as long as some are unwilling to see others as fellow humans deserving of love and respect, problems like the Palestinian issue will remain unsolved.

1. Wellness spa for some, but does hate vanishes in such atmosphere
On Sunday, we decided to go to Vienna for sightseeing. We were late, so the bus went to the next hotel
to pick up the other travellers. After one hour the bus arrived, and the tour operator (who cannot speak
good English, which made me think how she will explain the history of the places we are going to visit?
maybe we will learn Slovakian language hehe) brought a traveller to tell us what happened. It transpired
that this traveller and her Aunt rode to the bus first, then another group came in, and as soon as they
saw the girl and the aunt, closed the door of the bus again and shouted at the tour operator, refused to
go on the tour, and asked for their money back. So she said that since we are only four, we can cancel
and will receive the refund or we have to pay a bit extra and continue with our journey. I also helped by
bringing another traveller who was supposed to go to the airport and she paid this poor non-English
speaking tour operator extra money, we were happy and had a whole bus to ourselves. However the
incident made me think of why that group didn’t want to ride with us? I would like you to guess the
background of the group at the end of this blog please.
I believe that when someone is relaxed, most of the detestation will disappear from ones heart, and life
will be a bed of roses. One would forget wars and terrorism; one will return to nature and find out why
god created us. We are all in this life for a reason, and this reason is behind our creation, we were not
created to spread wars and kill people, we are here to spread knowledge and invent things for the
betterment of humanity. However this group despite going to a health spa didn’t find it in themselves
to love us, we the Arabs who do not mind smiling to them and greeting them. So how do you ever
imagine that the Palestinians problem will ever be solved?
Help people, we need a solution.