Friction and Traffic Feel

Only one day after I read story on difficulties of Australian in Zurich I had a clash with Sydney public transport. It all started from my foot injury.

Every week at 17.00 soccer guys from University gather together on the green fields out of campus to play. Because one player lost his sport shoes and the grass was very soft we decided to go bare-foot. Every now and then someone kicked the ball from the wrong angle resulting in twisted toe. I ve slid into greenless field patch with all speed and power. Heavy friction, skin off, blood on, player off. I went home.

I missed the train of course. I had to wait 23 minutes for the next one. And the story from "Matrix" happened at Macquarie University station. Part of indicators went blur, with flowing vertical rows of numbers on them and the laudspeakers talked my head off with contradicting informations. Luckily I stepped on the right train.

It happened first time to me. Train driver forgot to stop on my station. It seems that he pushed the brakes too late. Only very end of the train matched the platform. I was sitting at the very beginning of the first car. With my foot bleeding I had to bring my bicycle to the driver's cabin on the other side. It was lightnings and rumbling outside : ) but I reached home dry and Christina made a very good surgery operation and rescued my poor left foot.