The Red Devils convincingly beat New Zealand 5-1 last night. Still a bit groggy from lack of sleep, I thought: Post-match analysis is a perfect title to look back on my train journey for a moment. And that way, I also stay in football mode for a little while longer. ;) My last day in Sicily got off to a fantastic start: To be honest: I had to peek at the neighbors to see how to get started... ;) Simple as can be: you break off a piece of your croissant and dip it in a lime, pistachio, or...

Today is the day. The real reason why I wanted to make this trip: I am taking the night train from Rome to Sicily and I am finally going to see how they put the train onto the ferry at the Strait of Messina. Yes: you read that right. The train literally drives onto the ferry. On the coupe it says "Wagon de luxe". As the Germans put it so beautifully: Bin mal gespannt. In other words: I am curious. Are you coming aboard? Well, I am content with my "hotel suite" for tonight. I meet my neighbor,...

When I wake up, the grey cloudy sky has given way to a bright sun. Hooray. :) I went around the corner to grab a coffee and the bartender asked if I was from Albania. Uh… that’s pretty specific. I was too flabbergasted for a moment to ask where he got that idea from. And to this day, I still wonder which part of my body looks Albanian... :))) Maybe it’s best that a person doesn’t know everything. Or who knows, maybe it was a really, really bad opening line. ;) Anyway, I'm heading into town...