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Mary Curry's avatar

This is lovely and makes me proud of my city - my adopted city. I’m also an immigrant from the US. My husband once said to me: “You’ve always been a kiwi; it just took a while for you to come home.” I hope you feel as smitten with Aotearoa as I am. :)

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Brad Weekly's avatar

I always know when the Masterton train is approaching by the thunderous sound and rattle in your bones only a diesel powered locomotive can make. I normally grab the Hutt Valley Line at Epuni, sometimes Waterloo, and I admire the comfort on display as the big train passes: the curtains, the drop-down work tables, and seemingly plusher seats than we get on the shorter-haul electric choo-choos. And I heard once they sell beer, wine, coffee etc onboard. Not quite the Orient Express or Trans-Siberian but for our little burg its pretty cool IMO.

I am one of the many who make no attempt to engage my fellow commuters, happily lost in the sports talk, CNN, various podcasts available - or reading my Kindle. As I get older the lure of escaping the daily grind in the stories Michael Connelly, Lee Child or a good autobiography about musicians, war heroes and historical figures is strong. What am I hiding from? I like people, generally, and enjoy conversation. Might be time to start talking to the people I ride with, now and then.

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