Training
People walked slowly along the pavement, passing cafés and
boutiques, as they went shopping or on other errands. The houses along
the street were old and richly ornamented. In the walls, above the
doors, you could see medieval coats of arms, most of which were still
in a good shape.
I
was excited. Six months in training in Edinburgh. It was the beginning
of January and I still had many months to go. The town was nice and
atmospheric. There were so many small details that I'd always find
something new to look at. Sari was in Sheffield. I could visit her
any time I liked.
The
rays of the morning sun reached the outdoor terraces of the cafés.
I rode with my bicycle along the shopping street. I passed through
a vaulted arch and turned left to a less crowded street. The town
wasn't very big, so in a while I was out of the centre in a more open
space.
Approaching
the country side, the street turned muddy. I had to be careful not
to fall down. The school was in the outskirts of the town, in the
middle of a field.
I
turned to a small tractor road. I went slowly until I reached a narrow
path. The path turned right, at the end of which there was the school.
I rose from my bike in order to walk the rest of the way.
Taking
the bicycle along the path I paid attention to the fact that my bike
was very dirty. Particularly the front wheel was muddy. And the mud
smeared the Wienerschnitzels that were piled on the field. There were
schnitzels as far as the eye could reach covering the entire field.
The pieces of meat had been arranged in an upward position, side by
side one after another, so that it looked like the meat was growing
up from the soil.
The
golden brown crusts of the meat made the scenery look like it was
August. The tires of my bike left dirty traces to the brown crusts.
The
schnitzels were to be served for lunch in the school. You had to take
a piece from the field by yourself, put it in the plate in a tray,
and then queue in a line. I wanted to take as large and good-looking
a piece as possible. But in some you had part of the crust fallen
off, and some were smeared with mud.
