HOLIDAY

To wait for Mario, they finally decided to go to the nearest coffee shop. After sitting and chatting for about 2 hours, they returned to Mario's residence.

Mario seemed to be repairing an old red car. Diana who recognized the face of a thin man in front of her suddenly cried. Clara who witnessed that automatically realized that the man in the lines in front of her was the biological father she had been looking for.

"How are you?" Mario asked the woman he had loved.

"Well. How about you? Sorry, we just came. Today is Clara's birthday, she asked for a gift to see you. I can't reject it." Diana tried to explain the reason for their visit.

"Sorry, dear. I don't prepare anything for you. I didn't expect you to come to see me." Mario felt guilty for not preparing anything for his daughter's birthday.

"It's okay, Dad. You are my birthday gift. I have long wanted to see you. I miss you." Clara said.

After standing for a long time outside, Mario asked them to enter his tiny house.

"Sorry, my house is a little messy. I don't have time to clean it up."

"No problem." Diana tried to calm Mario who looked nervous because of the condition of his house.

Clara watched around the house which looked very shabby and unkempt. The sink at the end of the room was full of dirty plates and glasses. The trash of the former food wrap is seen stacked in the corner of the room. piles of garbage appear to be mountainous. The room was also full of clothes that hang on all sides.

Clara who saw the condition swiftly began to tidy up all the messy items. Meanwhile, Diana looks busy in the kitchen preparing drinks and food.

Mario could only sigh when he saw the two women who became his guests were busy with their respective activities.

"You better take a shower soon, dad. After this we have dinner. Mom is preparing it."

"Alright, dear. I get ready first, yes!" Mario only agreed to Clara's request. After Mario left them, Diana approached Clara.

"How, are you happy after meeting him?" Diana was curious about what her daughter felt.

"Of course, mom. I am very happy even though we still look very clumsy. But, I understand it. Daddy must be very nervous because he hasn't met me for sixteen years.

Then Clara resumed her activities, she cleaned the entire room. Mario's clothes piled up on several sides of the house and were moved back.

Twenty minutes later, Mario returned to the living room. He looked fresher than before, the black shirt he wore made him look thinner. Mario has been living alone for the past six years. He has separated from his second wife. His ex-wife brought their three children with him. No one chose to live with Mario.

Mario experienced a failure to return to his new household. Since then, Mario decided to live alone, he did not even contact other family members. At present, Mario's two parents have died, and only three of his brothers and sisters are left in the Netherlands.

The other Mario family is in the same city as Diana and Clara. However, Diana had never met them since she first set foot in the Netherlands.

"Let's eat, the food is ready." Diana invited her ex-husband and daughter to dinner together.

"Woah... the smell is very delicious, let's eat, Dad!" Invite Diana while pulling Mario's arm.

Mario did not refuse, he just followed Clara walking to the dining table.

Mario looks very happy. He has not felt the feelings that he feels now for a long time. He has not served for a long time like a king. Diana swiftly prepared rice and cutlery for him.

Without them knowing, Clara was watching the two of them. She smiled faintly while imagining if the moment she saw at this time could happen every day, of course, she was very happy.

"Too bad Melanie is not with us, mom. She will definitely be very happy to see this moment." Clara suddenly remembered her youngest sister.

"Who is Melanie?" Mario asked Clara.

"My sister. Your daughter too. Don't you remember it?"

"Sorry, I don't know. As I recall, your mother just took you."

"I left your hometown while pregnant. I gave birth safely and am now sixteen years old. How could you remember, you don't even realize that your wife is pregnant? You're just busy drinking outside every night." Diana explained about Melanie's birth.

Instantly the room became quiet, Mario seemed silent to hear Diana's words. He felt guilty about what happened in the past. His actions at that time made his child and wife tortured.

"Do you want to meet Melanie? She will definitely be very happy to see you, Dad. We go to the Netherlands, yes. Stay with us!" Clara tried to break the atmosphere.

"How could I go with you guys? I don't even deserve to be treated like this. I have disappointed you." Mario said sorry.

"No, Dad. We will be happy. Give us a chance to care for you too. Give us a chance to feel the love of a father. I'm sure Melanie also expects the same thing. Right, mom? " Clara convinced Mario to come with them.

"What about your wife and child here? Don't they mind if you come with us?" Diana asked, making sure there would be no problems if Mario went with them.

"I'm divorced. My second household also failed, Diana. I do not deserve to be the head of the household." Mario said.

"If you have separated, then there will be no problems in the future if you go with us. Which passes let it pass, make a lesson for the future to be better."

"Okay, Mommy has agreed. I hope you don't refuse to come with us. After dinner, we pack your clothes, yes. Tomorrow we return to the Netherlands. Melanie will definitely be very happy to meet you." Clara again convinced Mario to come with them.

"Tomorrow... Don't you want to take a walk first around Germany? Here there are many beautiful tourist attractions that must be visited if here." Mario ask.

"Melanie is alone at home, the caregiver only until the afternoon guarding the house. If at night she comes home." Diana refuses calmly.

"Just a day here, mom. While we're here. Later I will give the news to Melanie if we stay overnight a day here. She must understand."

"Is that true? It's okay if we stay overnight for another day, right?" Mario clarified his question.

"Of course, I'll ask Betty to accompany Melanie last night." Diana accepts that.

"Dad, may we go to the castle tomorrow which inspires sleeping beauty in Disneyland park?"

"What is Neuschwanstein what you mean, dear?" Mario confirmed the place of his child.

"Yes, dad. Is Neuschwanstein far from here?"

"It's quite far, dear. To go to Neuschwanstein we need about 3 hours from here by car. Do you want to go there?" Mario explained the time they had to take to arrive at Neuschwanstein.

"Oh, it turns out far, huh? I think not far from here. Alright, I'll try to find a list of cities that must be visited around here."

"No problem, if you want us to be there. The castle is indeed very popular here and is often the destination of foreign tourists.

Neuschwanstein is located on a rocky hill near Füssen in the southwest of Bavaria. Is an inspiration for the Sleeping Beauty Palace in Disneyland Park. The castle was used by King Ludwig II from Bayern who was declared crazy when the palace was almost completed in 1886 and was found dead a few days later. Neuschwanstein is the building most photographed in this country and one of the most popular tourist attractions in Germany.

"Okay, we go there tomorrow, yes. I will search on the internet, the closest destination from there that we can visit next." Clara explained.

"Okay, I'll shop at the mini market at the end of the road for our lunch on the road." Diana continued Clara's words.

"Come on, I'll take you." Mario offered to take Diana shopping.

Clara stared inside her parents. Her heart was very calm watching the moment in front of her. This is a moment that she has been waiting for so far.

'God is very kind, I'm still given the opportunity to witness a happy moment with my two parents.' Clara murmured in her heart.

Mario and Diana are walking to the end of the road to the mini market not far from Mario's home. Meanwhile, Clara appeared to be surfing the internet looking for popular tourist destinations in Germany.

After surfing the internet, Clara found an article about Cologne Cathedral which was quite attractive to her attention. Cologne Cathedral is the largest gothic cathedral in Germany, Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) has been the most famous Cologne Landmark for centuries. The construction of the Cologne cathedral began in 1248, with interruption, of more than 600 years to complete this. This building is addressed to St. Peter and Maria and chaired by the Catholic Bishop of Cologne.