AT THE STATION

of Osnabrück an infernal (?) machine, still in use or just left behind.
Early awakening by a ringing bell at 5.45 a.m. I was still dreaming and it is always amazing how well a noise from outside fits in your dream.
At seven we left the house to catch the Randstadrail and from the Central Station The Hague we took the train to Amersfoort, one hour to drink coffee there at a terrace in the sunshine. Further to Osnabrück where we stopped for half an hour and walking along the platform to give a pigeon the crumbs of our sandwich I made a couple of photos. Then with another train to Herford and the 7 minutes we had there to catch the next train were swift gone.
I slept in this one. Till Altenbeken where we had to change again. And then the nice thing about all the connections is that it is not just one kind of train we are in, they come in all shapes and colours. In Altenbeken half an hour to sit on the ground using an unused platform as a bench. After some time a big person in uniform to tell us severely that it was not allowed to have our feet down near the rails. Very german I think to come and warn us for something that could never happen. But we obliged.
The next train was not the last we took, from Altenbeken to Ottbergen first and then the last to Karlshafen.
The walk uphill we managed with pleasure and then a rest.....
I was a bit vexed at the little plants with all the colours, yesterday, I know the plant in my opinion it has one colour only, and how did they altered it and suddenly they come as a rainbow. That however did not change my idea to make a blip of it.
And how nice to be at the spotlight, thank you very much!