SUNDAY, AUGUST 27
Today was supposed to be a "trial run" day. I am meeting my
co-conspirator tomorrow, so I planned on testing out the roads and the
bike. However, when I awoke to the sounds of not-so-gentle rain, my
plans changed. Instead, I decided to try the railroad, and went on a
little excursion to the Rheinfall, that is the falls of the Rhine. The
clouds parted as I began a 2 mile walk from the train station I had
disembarked from, and the views were spectacular. The falls themselves
are not high, but the size of the river and the spectacular setting
made it very impressive.
I also learned another travel lesson--learn to read the train
schedules--and read them carefully. After walking to the falls and
viewing them I waited at the nearby station for a train back
towards Zurich. When a train came and stopped, but one going in the wrong
direction, I smartly did not board. But then a young couple and baby
who were waiting alongside me began to wonder and checking. Together
we realized that the train that had just left was the last one to stop
at this particular station for the day. The correct choice of action
would have been to board that train to the next station, get off and
wait there for the next train back--it stopped at that station but
went past the on I was now waiting in vain at.
Well, the only choice was the one the three of us (and their baby in a
stroller) made--walk quickly to the next station, hoping to get there
before the next train headed back towards... We did make it, but the scene
must have been a bit unusual as I and the woman pushing her stroller
strode on a few paces in front of her husband, who was pulling a wheeled suitcase--and he an orthodox Jew visiting from Jerusalem, dressed in black with the hat and hair locks, and she equally obviously a pair with him... At the end smiles were
shared, and a common drink of water sealed the experience...
Isn't it interesting what a bond is created by a common need. How
about our common need to witness as followers of Christ, and the bond
it creates...Do we experience that bond?
In His Adventures, Will Ackles
Still trying to get photos up...They will come and they are good!