in transit

The train journey from Zurich to Jenbach is divied into four parts. Zurich until just over the border (Feldkirch), from Feldkirch all the way over the Arlberg until Landeck, the 45 min from Landeck to Innsbruck and the last final 20min from Innsbruck to Jenbach.
With every part of the journey my thoughts normally wander and different feelings come up.

On the way to my family, first my mind has to clear from work. The week passes by in my head, issues close and new to dos get postponed until Monday. The view on the beautiful Zuri lake supports this and let my mind start to relax.
The more the train leaves the city and the mountains get higer and closer the more my inner excitement to see my family again grows.
Once over the border my heart warms up more and it feels more like "home", more people enter the train with an Austrian accent, houses start to look differently and I feel kind of different . The train ride over the mountains then normally diminishes the last bits of not feeling totally at home. Once I see the steep and sharp mountains of the Inn valley, the small and big cities which the train passes it feels home, 100%.
The stop in Innsbruck always reminds me of my student times and when I lived in the city to finish off my studies.
The final way from Innsbruck to Jenbach is full of anticipation to see and hug my family in a very short amount o ftime and the way there feels so intimate and familiar as I was commuting it nearly 3 years everyday for my studies.

Finally I leave the train, breathe the mountain air and see my family again. I arrived in a different world.

Beining in transit, makes myself tranisiton between two very different worlds.