Thursday, 20 December 2018

Watch and doze.

In the cafe, decide to take the new train, the airport express. Check the difference.
So get the cup of coffee from the bald man with the beard, the friendly bald man with the beard.
And then walk out, take the steps to the underpass, walk along the wide white- tiled passage and ascend the stairs to the platform.
It is platform No. 6 and it is deserted.
Wait three minutes.
Now a few more people arrive.
Then the short airport express arrives, a new train with large windows.
It is silent, but for an electrical whine from the engines.

Get on board, find a seat.
It is the same inside as any other train, broadly speaking.
Sit down, and search the bag for the pen, to be able to write these notes.

The pen is not there where it is expected.
Search.
It must be at work, still loading.
So sit and enjoy the ride in the quiet train with the big windows.
Watch and doze.
The train stops at Moosburg, a few people get on.
And just before Freising, there is an anouncement, this is the Airport train, not the Munich train.
Passengers travelling to Munich should change in Freising.

Get out in Freising.
The local train will leave in fifteen minutes.
So go to the Freising café and get another coffee.
The coffee is served by a woman from India, with that mark on her forehead.

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