I'm a public kinda girl

Sometimes, I just adore public transport. Sitting on a train is so relaxing. I like to take my coat off and cover myself in it like a blanket. Sit with my back against the window and just watch life. I like it when the carriage is almost empty and I can place my feet on the chair opposite me and gaze out of the window. I like it when it is full of people and I can hear their conversations and learn from lives so different from my own. I find it quite amusing when people talk on their mobile phones, totally oblivious to me and the other twenty or so people who are listening or pretending not to listen. I especially like it when I catch the eye of a fellow traveller who has been amused by the same thing as me. Human connection is so important, even when you are surrounded by strangers. Especially when you are surrounded by strangers.

Last night, I bumped into two people who were not strangers at two different stations. I love meeting people unexpectedly. Unexpected people in unexpected places. First of all I met Peter Russell at Purley station. I was in my own little world, trying to buy a ticket from one of those machines that look so simple to use. I always struggle. Once ended up buying a weekly travel pass instead of a single ticket to Lewisham...anyway...bumped into Peter which cheered me up greatly and then spotted another non stranger at East Croydon. Did not speak to him because by the time I realised who had just passed me, it was too late BUT just seeing him brightened up my day. When the past touches the present, it is lovely. It reminds you of those special already been moments. Now I realise that the past is the past is the past and I am seeing it through rose tinted glasses but that does not stop rose tinted moments from being beautiful.

Oh yes and two minutes after arriving at a bus stop, my bus arrived. Have I mentioned how much I love public transport?