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<\/a>\u201cAhem\u2026young master Corzoo, what book is that you are reading?\u00a0 Are you perhaps thinking of going somewhere?\u201d\u00a0 I caught him beside my stack of travel books with his own nose buried in my Vienna book.<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m studying up, of course.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh!\u201d I said.\u00a0 \u201cAnd when are you planning to depart?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy, tomorrow.\u00a0 With you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCorzoo, that is simply not possible. \u00a0We haven\u2019t planned on it.\u00a0 I don\u2019t have a ticket for you!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI can stow away easily enough in your carry-on bag, or in your suitcase if need be.\u00a0 You know I am very resilient.\u00a0 Shall I quote the Oxford English Dictionary definition of resilient <\/em>for you, or do you know what that means?\u201d he asked in his honest, but slightly patronizing young voice.\u00a0 He has not yet learned the nuances of respectful conversation.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, Corzoo.\u00a0 Thank you, but I know that you are quite adaptable and can rebound from any hardship.\u201d I replied.\u00a0 \u201cBut why is it that you have your heart set on going with me?\u00a0 Don\u2019t you think you might get a little bored and antsy?\u00a0 I mean, hotel rooms are not easy places to practice.\u00a0 And we\u2019re just going to be flitting from one place to another.\u00a0 We will hardly get settled in one city before we move on to the next.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been practicing all summer long!\u00a0 I think I have gone as far as I can, being a kazoo and so forth.\u00a0 I need adventure!\u00a0 I need to see the world!\u00a0 Aren\u2019t you always writing in that blog of yours about how travel stretches the spirit and enriches the “inner landscape” of a young, budding musician?\u00a0 This is EXACTLY what I need, even if only to get a taste of each city.\u00a0 Since I am so precocious… shall I quote the definition of precocious<\/em> for you?\u00a0 Or\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNO, Corzoo!\u00a0 I know you are quite intelligent and aware for your tender age!\u201d\u00a0 He was starting to agitate me, I admit.<\/p>\n Hmm, he had a point.<\/p>\n \u201cBut, Corzoo,\u201d I said, \u201cI\u2019m not interested ONLY in going to musically-related sites.\u00a0 There is so much more to see and experience.\u00a0 Beautiful gardens, impressive castles, museums.\u00a0 And eating \u2013 what about eating?\u00a0 You are hardly interested in experiencing food like I am, although I daresay you might like Sachertorte! \u00a0And I plan on doing a fair amount of window-shopping.\u00a0 I like to wander and just see what I fall across sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAll very true,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cBut you will need a travel companion while your Mr. Bilger is working.\u00a0 You\u2019ll be lonely without me!\u201d\u00a0 He paused for a while, I imagine considering what he could say to be convincing.<\/p>\n \u201cAlright!\u201d he said, finally, with the tone of a final deal in his voice.\u00a0 If you allow me stow away, I promise to go along with whatever you want to do. \u00a0You have my word, that in exchange for my companionship, I will only every once in a great while<\/em> remind you of my presence in your bag, so that you might not get carried away with your wanderings and forget to think of my musical and cultural education.\u201d<\/p>\n Having appealed to the teacher in me, he had me, and he knew it.<\/p>\n \u201cAlright, resilient, precocious lad.\u00a0 You may go.\u00a0 Pack your daily warm-ups and some etudes though.\u00a0 We both will be doing a little bit of daily practicing before we go exploring.\u201d<\/p>\n And that is the way the Exciting European Adventures of the Young Corzoo began.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was a rainy day in the suburbs of Philadelphia, and as anyone knows, there is no better activity during a thunderstorm than to cuddle up inside with a good book! \u00a0That is how I found my young friend Corzoo … Continue reading <\/a>\u201cWell, since I am so precocious, I am fully cognizant of all of the composers who lived in the various cities you are going, your destinations being apparent by the very large stack of travel books you are packing. \u00a0I can use this trip to experience the cities the of the composers, visit the churches they wrote for, attend the concert halls where their music has been played for hundreds of years.\u00a0 Think of my musical education!\u201d<\/p>\n