I was walking along the beach at 8:30 p.m. when I met a friend of mine. We kissed each other, and then, she invited me to have a drink together. I accepted. I liked the idea and it wasn't late. I could feel the nice breeze that cooled my face and the sound of breaking waves at the back inviting me to relax. It seemed to me that there was some magic in the atmosphere.
There were many free tables on the beachfront at Charlie's. I sat at one of them, and my friend stood up for a while staring out at the dark horizon. Suddenly, she talked to me about her life. After a short while, she struck up an interesting conversation about the volcano that had expelled large quantities of dust into the atmosphere. Sometimes volcanoes could have an eruption shortly before an eclipse. She asked me about the eclipse that was announced for 10:15 p.m. I said that I had heard something about it and that it was a total lunar eclipse. In fact, it was just ready to happen. It wouldn't last for long, not longer than a couple of hours. And we were there, in a nice place at the right moment. The eclipse was supposed to be visible from many places over Europe. In some continents such as South America, it would be seen after sunset, and in some other ones like Africa, Asia, and Australia, it could be seen before sunrise. Incredible!!! My friend told me a little bit about solar and lunar eclipses. She said that the last lunar eclipse had recently occurred. It happened on the 21st of December, 2010. She told me that every year there were at least two lunar eclipses, although total lunar eclipses were less common. I was very surprised at the idea of watching a total lunar eclipse from the place I was sitting, but the sky wasn't so clear as we would expect it to be. In a few hours I would be staring out at the eclipse, and the Moon would be surprisingly dark.
It was pretty funny, anyway. I enjoyed being with my friend until late!!!