“A missing right parenthesis gives a sense of suspense.” - A paraphrase of Randall Munroe
You awaken to a series of images flashing faster than your eyes can comprehend, and yet they can, lending the sense of a chaotic photography exhibit. You go to… W… ik… IP… ED… and then Go… gg… la mapa? What are those last two? Nonsense. You see a flash. Burning, as if the sun. The flash is flickering… almost certainly… a… management? The images flash as circles and squares slowly overrun. And now… words. You manage to catch it all… and trains replay in your head as you try to manage it all. Are they going on a trip? Possibly.
Amiens to M’gladbach. Must take Thalys and stop at Brussel-Zuid/Midi. Back to Amiens Railway station. head to Zurich through Paris. Must visit the Bastille station, and go as far south as recommended. STOP
Prague to Brno, shortest path, Flixbus. Head to Brno Zvonarka. Hit Olomouc. Ostrava. Katowice, Poland end point. Take the ICSzczecin to Wroclaw. Head back to Prague to finish this tour. STOP
Take the R17 out of Milan and head to Saronno, then then head to Como. Take the C40 to Lecco, and then go through Caloziocorte to Merate. Head to Cantù using the S8 and S11. Head to Bergamo on the shortest track possible. STOP
Hanover to Fulda. Simple. STOP
Hanover-Fulda-Hanover-Leipzig-Magdeburg-Gottingen-Krähefliegt STOP
Head from the Lithuanian capital to the Estonian capital, then to Ivan Matskevich’s birthplace (however one can), and then to the nearest northward city with an Oblast in Russia named after it. STOP
Lisbon to Porto on ALSA, and then Mirandela on the 52, then the 54, Flix, and ALSA, then Coimbra on the Flixbus and the R (make it short), then Aveiro, and round trip. STOP
الدار البيضاء مراكش دمنات مراكش سخور رمنا بني ملال سخور الرحمنا الدار البيضاء خريبكة… Could someone run a translator on that? الغراب Is that you, Yoko? Ah, nice to see you, but you have some places to be!
Take the R17 out of Milan and head to Saronno, then then head to Como. Take the C40 to Lecco, and then go through Caloziocorte to Merate. Head to Cantù using the S8 and S11. Head to Bergamo on the shortest track possible. STOP
So tell me… should I (I think I’m in control…)… (Wow, I have a habit of using too many dot-dot-dots…) GARNISH THIS MICROWAVE DINNER? AND WITH WHAT? (Man, I AM dramatic about garnishing… maybe I should cool it down.)
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