Tag: train

  • The Uncertain Train Journey

    The Uncertain Train Journey

    Reading Time: 1 minuteFor years I automatically took the car for everything I did, or almost. Over the last seven or eight years that habit has changed as I grew used to walking locally, and catching the train to activities. This shift in habits is due to two things. The first is that I met…

  • Silly Not to Mask

    Silly Not to Mask

    Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Sunday, less than a week ago I was on a train. I could hear someone coughing, and coughing. She sat in the seats a set of seats in front of the group of people I was with. I could hear the bronchial cough and I considered masking but didn’t and now…

  • A Windy Walk in Geneva

    A Windy Walk in Geneva

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I went to Geneva. I considered going by car, and then either going to do the Fort L’écluse via ferrata or dropping by decathlon. In the end I took the train and walked around Geneva. I went to Geneva to pick up the things for the Vernier run on Friday…

  • To drive or Travel by Train

    To drive or Travel by Train

    Reading Time: 2 minutesTomorrow I will be heading to Gruyère. I saw that if I take the train it will take two hours but if I take the car it will take one hour. I am currently toying with the idea of suggesting that I pick up some people in Nyon and others in Fourmi,…

  • Walking from Bex to Aigle

    Walking from Bex to Aigle

    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I caught a train from Nyon to Bex without the need to change from one train to another. In the process I had an opportunity to re-acclimate myself to being surrounded by others, indoors, without a mask. Luckily the wagon wasn’t too crowded so I wasn’t overcome with the desire to…