In Munich a tube ride is 2.40 Marks and we had bought season tickets for a month at 64 Marks, but in Frankfurt they are 3.80 or 4.80 depending on the time of day. So we decided to chance not buying a ticket, from the station to the airport which is 12 minutes and there are only three stops. ON the last stop an inspector got on at our end and walked to the other end of the carriage, got out a little note book and pen and said "Geskot, fahr auswierss controlier bitte". I started saying through clenched teeth "oh shit, oh shit," and Paz said to sit down, so we sat as far away from the conductor as possible. My heart was racing and my pulse beat through every vein in my body. My hands were shaking and I just stared ahead. A man in front of me smiled, knowing full well what was going on. The inspector must have caught some one at the other end of the compartment which kept him busy until a life time later, we got to the airport and were the first ones out of the doors. We made for the back end of a billboard, on the platform and collapsed in horror, gasping with nervous laughter. The fine is 60 Marks, and if you don't have it on you you go to jail.
Photo by Mrs. Reed's husband
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