An 11-year-old child throws a bottle into the sea in the Balearic Islands, his message found in Italy.
A message in a bottle. It sounds like a children’s story, and yet it’s what an Italian found during a walk on his favorite beach.
Dario Grande, resident of Bacoli: “I established an exclusive relationship with the sea, as if it were a friend to confide in, with whom to also find answers. This relationship lasted until I was 38 and still today ‘Today, I believe that the sea is my best friend.’
The surprise arrived from the Balearic Islands. The unexpected message was signed by an 11-year-old child who talks about his passions.
Lucas Panamera, Euronews: “Approximately 2,000 nautical miles and 3 months later, a bottle entrusted to the sea of the Balearic Islands arrives on this beach. In the era of rapid and ephemeral communication of the Internet and social networks, the message in the bottle has a special flavor for the one who sends it and for the one who receives it.”
As luck would have it, after this long and tortuous journey, the bottle and its message arrived precisely in the hands of Dario,
Dario Grande, Resident of Bacoli: “I often look for answers in the sea and reading a letter sent by a child is like the sea has given me a strong answer.” – “A very clear message written by an 11 year old child and it really moved me a lot.”
The world is small today and Dario managed to get in touch with the little boy’s parents.
Dario Grande, Resident of Bacoli: “The father, in addition to thanking me, wanted to emphasize the importance of maintaining correspondence with the child through letters, postal correspondence, he wrote to me ‘old-school ‘. Besides respecting that a lot, I think that’s really the point of it all.”
In Dario’s eyes, the message in the bottle is the start of a long friendship, not one of virtual contacts on social networks.
Dario Grande, Resident of Bacoli: “My hope is to go to Mallorca one day, to meet him, shake his hand and tell him a little about my life, my land, which is probably very similar to his, with the same colors, the same landscapes, the same sea.”
From where Dario is standing, the Balearic Islands are barely 850 kilometers as the crow flies.