TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Sunday, January 8, 2006

9:38 PM
Posted by jodi rose

the end of the weekend.
trip to vienna brief, satisfying my consumer urges
yet ultimately unfilliling. clothes, books, magazines all that crap
in all those shops just made me feel emptier.
but then, am no lonelier here than in sydney or melbourne or helsinki or berlin. had a wonderful sunday in bratislava, elisabeth cooked pancakes for breakfast, we walked to the castle, read in the chocolate shop, and then jurjai met me and walked across the bridge to petrzalka, found those elusive high-heeled boots I've been searching for, had lunch, went to the railway station.
I still find catching the trains here a surreal, spooky experience - especially at night - feel like I'm living in 'the zone' in a Tarkovsky film. Although to be geographically correct that would actually place me in Estonia - which those who have been reading awhile will know is one of my least favourite places. don't know why, we've just never clicked.
Unlike Sturovo. I should leave more often, it's so comforting coming back. Even though the train was on the platform saying 'sturovo', my ticket says 'sturovo' and the guard checked it; I always have this irrational fear that I will end up somewhere else entirely, with no idea how to get back here - so am inordinately happy to see the basilica lit up in the distance, and arrive at the 155 year old pink railway station.
No qualms about getting back late at night, just call the taxi and he finds me. Listening to PJ Harvey as the train pulled in, 'we'll float, take life as it comes'. I guess that 'home' is many places. I need to get used to it, not keep searching for absolutes.
Time to go out for a wander in the fresh clear night air.