The Last Lap

Back in Frankfurt with Sabine. It`s the end of the trip and boy does it seem like a long one. A kind of weariness has begun to creep in and basically am looking forward to getting back and back to work. What I will miss is being able to get around so easily on my own – the smooth clean streets, easy shopping, and all the rest that I experience when I am in Frankfurt.

Spent the whole day for example, in town yesterday, wandering around, sitting now and then on a street side bench. The pedestrian zone is full of them, and they are well used by weary folk who have spent hours on their feet – or by people just wanting to sit and watch the world go by. For quite some time I watched a girl with a punk haircut – sides shaved and a mane of blond and pink hair in the middle – dressed in ragged blue jeans and a sleeveless T-shirt playing the guitar and singing a Spanish song. By her side on the ground where she was sitting, was quite a large bottle of Sangria. Don`t know if she was really drinking but she was certainly singing passionately, in Spanish, at the top of her voice. She was so impressive, I couldnt help adding to the mound of coins which she was collecting in an upturned cap, for which she very sweetly thanked me.

Had lunch at a cafe where I usually eat, with a very nice outdoor sit-out from where you can just observe the world. And also spent a while at “Saturn” – the chain store which deals in music and electronics and everything that fascinates me. It is difficult not to buy stuff there and I imagine it would be easy to go broke doing that.

Getting any work done on Sabine`s computer is challenging – to put it very politely. It is an archaic piece (in keeping with her TV set which works at will - when it doesnt want to, just remains blank). The comp has no ostensible USB port – so downloading photos is not possible at the moment. Also it takes forever to open any document and the internet too moves at an equally tortoise like speed.

Basia is coming over today. We plan to visit the new room she has been doing up, which is in a sort of go-down, which she plans to use for workshops.