So I was on a 5 hour train journey. Sat on a table in the quiet coach and put my bag under my chair. What happens 2 hours into the journey? This loud obnoxious woman sits behind me, pushes her suitcase in front of her, in other words, under my chair. So my bag gets [...]
Tag: Trains
Ride and what?
My eyesight is either getting that much worse, or my imagination is just getting ridiculous. On the train I saw a poster advertising train travel, one should “Ride and Explore”. For some strange reason, in my delirium, I thought it read “Ride and Explode”. So I awoke at this station with quite a shock… Hmmm [...]
Norwegian Wood
So I went to London this weekend, looking forward to Tran Anh Hung’s film adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s amazing novel Norwegian Wood; yes, taken from the title of a Beatles’ song. And what can I say? It was all right, a pretty faithful adaptation, and brought up some scenes I had totally forgotten. But there [...]
Endless May Dreams 