What's your mother tongue? he had asked her just now.
"Português," she had answered.
...
Gregorius sat down at the kitchen table and drafted letters to the Rector. They were too abrupt or too apologetic. At six he called the railroad information.From Geneva, the trip took twenty-six hours.It went through Paris and Irún in the Basque region, and from there with the night train to Lisbon, arriving at eleven in the morning. Gregorius ordered the ticket.

Lisbon Story, the trailer of Wim Wenders' film

Leica D-Lux 4

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«What was the word for light?» he asked, standing up, and he repeated it to himself on his way to the door. The broad river outside must already have been the Tejo.
Gregorius started: that means they would soon arrive. He returned to his compartment, which had been converted back into a regular compartment with a cushioned bench, and sat down at the window. He didn't want the journey to end. What was he to do in Lisbon? He had a hotel. He would give the belhop a tip, close the door, rest. And then?

Madredeus, o Tejo

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