I told you about the Mr. Bean movie, very funny but also terrifying. Scenes of trains pulling away with people inside, partners outside, money, luggage, and passport either on or off the train without the owner struck too close to home. The humor turns sour when you're traveling on trains as I am. There are also lots of pitfalls here, lots of places you can fall from that don't have barriers. Not to worry, I'm being very careful. Today I watched a girl on a bike (like the one I was on--lousy brakes and terrible steering) go hurtling for the canal. However, she stopped, handed her camera to a friend, trotted down the ramp to pose beside a gondola type boat, and slide on the mossy cement at the end of ramp, and plunge into the
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