1. A Genius Says Goodbye

2. Mr.Gabriel García Marquez, great Latin American writer,
has said goodbye to the public life
due to complications in his health: lymphatic cancer.
Luminaria de Notre Dame

3. El Puente Artes al amanecer
He has sent this letter to his friends.

4. El Concièrgerie al cambio
I recommend you to read it, because this short text written by
one of the most brilliant Latin American of the past years
is really inspiring.

5. Plaza de La Concordia
“If for an instant God forgot that
I am just a puppet, and He gave me one more piece of life,
I would take advantage of that time, the best I could.”

6. Plaza de La Concordia al amanecer
I would probably not say everything I think,
but definitely think all I say.

7. París desde el Louvre
I would value things not for what they are worth,
but for what they represent.

8. Fachada del Quai de Borbón & su reflexión
I would sleep less and dream more.
For every minute we close our eyes we lose sixty seconds of light.

9. Fuente Medicinal, Jardín de Luxemburgo
I would continue where others have stopped
and I would rise when others sleep.

10. París en luna creciente
If God allowed me one more piece of life, I would dress simpler,
would wallow in the sunlight, leaving uncovered,
not only my body but also my soul.

11. Los pasos del Foro de Halles
I would prove to men how wrong they are to think that
they stop falling in love as they get older,
since they actually start getting older as soon as they stop falling in love..

12. El Hotel de Ville Paris
I would give wings to the children,
but I would leave the child alone
so that he could learn how to fly on his own.

13. Malecón, Blanco y Negro
To the old, I would show them
how death comes not with the ageing process but with forgetting.

14. El Instituto de Francia
So many things I have learned from you….
I have learned that everybody wants to live at the top of the mountain,
forgetting that is how we climb is all that matters.

15. El Instituto de Francia & el Puente Nuevo
I have learned that when a newborn grabs his father’s thumb,
he takes a hold on him forever.

16. Desde el Puente de Artes el amanecer
I have learned that a man has the right to look down on somebody,
only when he is helping him to get up.

17. Jardín de Luxemburgo
So many things I have learned from all of you.

18. Brazo de Seine desde la Isla Saint Louis
Always tell, what you feel and do what you think.

19. Durmiente
If I knew that today it would be the last time that I will see you,
I will embrace you strongly to be the guardian of your soul.

20. Fachada de la calle de Rivoli Tuileries desde el jardín
If I would know that these would be the last minutes
that I will see you, I would say to you
“I love you” and wouldn´t assume that you would know it.

21. Montmartre
There is always morning where life gives us
another opportunity to make things good.

22. La Isla de Cité Desde el puerto de la Kyriad-de-Ciudad
Keep always close to you, your dear ones, and tell them
how much you need them and love and take care of them.
Take time to say, “I am sorry”, “forgive me”, “please,”
“ thank you” and all the nice and lovely words you know.

23. Notre Dame de París desde el Puente de Archevéché
Nobody would remember you if you keep your thoughts secret.
Force yourself to express them.

24. Brazo de Seine desde la Isla Saint Louis
Show your friends and dear ones how much you care about them.

25. Panorámica de París y Defensa
Adios Gabriel, persuade the angels in heaven to send more lovers of
letters and lovers of wisdom to sustain humanity in this world.

26. Pedal de la Torre Eiffel
SEND THIS TO THE PEOPLE YOU CARE OR LOVE.
IF YOU DON´T DO IT,
TOMORROW WILL BE THE SAME AS TODAY.

27. París bajo la lluvia
And it will not matter either….

28. La Conciergerie y el lugar de Châtelet
Now is the time to send it.

29. El puente Alexandre III
For you with much love and care.

30. Muelle del arrepentimiento de Bourbon
Adios Gabriel!