UEFA 003 - Fribourg

UEFA 003 Fribourg

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After Isyak prayer Muhammad showed me to a fun fair. Along the way I saw the same maiden I saw in the Airport Bus, this morning. She was with her friends. I still had not found my lost courage.

Muhammad was always pestering me to shoot his photographs. I began to get tired of him.

Finally, I bring down my curtain and told Muhammad that I was tired and need to sleep early to catch an early morning train to Heerbrugg.

I spoke in broken Arabic and Muhammad in broken English. Somehow we managed to interact quite fluently. Good enough for me to record Muhammad’s address in Egypt, where, he wanted me to post his photographs. We bid goodnight with Salam.

The next day, at the train station, I checked in my luggage into the luggage compartment, so that I could travel light with only a Swiss map and a camera in my sling bag.

I managed to get a student pass at the railway station, despite, being 33. It was recommended to me by the man at the train counter. This special pass entitled me to a discount fare in the train, bus and ferry services, anywhere in Switzerland for 30 days.

I boarded the 8am train to Zurich. In Zurich I need to change to another train to Chur, which will ply along Heerbrugg. The train ticket was prepaid up to Heerbrugg Railway Station.

I enjoyed the 8-hour train ride, entertained by the beautiful scenery and charming langky European maidens. The train prowl by the western side of lake Lac Le’man passing through the towns of Versoix, Nyon, Renens, Lausanne, Puidoux-Chexbres, Fribourg and the capital city Bern. The secenery was frantically funtastic, if you appreciate nature, otherwise you may still be thinking that you are looking at the seceniric calendar poster in your office.

I think I will always remember Fribourg, after seeing it and knowing it was the birthplace of Deanna Yusof, a beautiful model who turned into a Malaysian actress, daughter of a Swiss mother and a Malaysian Malay father.

From Bern onwards I was able to record the time. At 12:54 the train reached Burgdorf. At 13:06 it reached Herzogenbuchsee. Olten at 13:21 and Aarau at 13:30. Here, I saw the world-renowned Kern Survey Instruments factory. You can see the time in the attached map.

Then it came to Rupperswil, Lenzburg, where I saw the Hero jam factory. Then we came into the first tunnel and reached Dietikon. By now I have forgotten to record the time.

Shortly later we enter the business town, Zurich. Here the train stopped for quite a while. I had to change to another train at another platform. The station attendants were very polite and concerned that I should get the right train.

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~drafted on 16.12.2006
~edited on 14.03.2007
~at Woodlands avenue 5
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