23 October

My trip home every day. First class, quiet comfort, spectacular views. Costs me $2 a trip, can have beer or wine, hot or cold food. Cars nearly destroyed train travel, it’s very sad going past the old unused stations in the beautiful countryside. Now we all lock ourselves up in our cars and yell at each other, crash into each other, sit in traffic jams and breathe in the pollution from other cars. That’s progress.