Austria is beautiful. We've realized that before but as we are at home now I can see it clearly. I am sitting in a suspicious silent and modern inter city express train. It feels weird. Traveling 2nd class feels more like 1st class or even better, basically the best transport I had in the last 15 months. I am going from Annelieses home region in Lower Austria (Eastern Austria) to Vorarlberg (Western Austria) near Switzerland where I am from. The train glides through green fresh grassland, hilly corn fields, pine forests and other trees, passing beautiful cities and crossing clear fresh rivers. I can spot some clouds along the mountains and deers along the fields. No starvation, none of the rivers is polluted. The air smells fresh, the same flavours that my nose recognizes as home.
Here there really exist correct policemen. Rape is a serious crime and goes to court, not an all day amusement. No bandits on the roadside, no Kalaschnikow (AK 47), no weapons at all.
Austria our home, without a doubt the safest country I know. And we don't take that for granted anymore, just as the fact that you can drink the water from the tap. We are happy to be born where we were born: in a beautiful, secure and social part of the world!
But for all that our desire for seeing the world isn't yet satisfied.
apki
