other thoughts, on a German train

[Written on September 19^th]

There is a feeling that comes to me on German trains. Maybe I would get it in other trains too, under the right conditions – but on this trip, and on the one I did in 2013, it was mainly on the German trains that the feeling came to me. Maybe there is something about the quiet efficiency of German trains. A feeling of safety – allowing thoughts to wander, jumping from cow to hill to sunrays on a cumulonimbus cloud outside the window. It allows me to put words to messy thoughts. That is another reason for why I like traveling by train. There is a space in the movement. A space for exploring, a space for after-thought.