Slice of life
The Long Way Round
Slice of life · 9 chapters
The Long Way Round
A late bus, a taxi driver with opinions about coffee, a guesthouse with a door that sticks. Nine gentle chapters about arriving somewhere new and slowly belonging to it — the easiest place to start.
Chapters
- 17 min
Fresh Off the BusFree
Your bus pulls in after dark. The map on your phone is spinning, but there is one taxi outside.
- 27 min
Room With a ViewFree
A guesthouse on a steep side street, a key that sticks, and an owner who knows every corner of the neighbourhood.
- 38 min
The Long TableFree
Your second night in the city, and someone in the guesthouse kitchen is making pasta for anyone who wants to sit down.
- 47 min
Sunday Closing
You planned a museum and lunch. The city planned a Sunday.
- 57 min
The Other Menu
A handwritten menu you can't read, a waiter who gives up on English and starts pointing at other people's plates, and the best meal you didn't know how to order.
- 67 min
Lost and Found
A bookshop someone mentioned, a napkin with just the name, and a confident sense of direction that lasts exactly three streets.
- 77 min
Platform Nine
A ticket machine you can't read, a train through the countryside with a stranger who knows every hill, and the wrong stop.
- 87 min
Closing Time
You stop for one drink at a quiet bar near the guesthouse. The other customers leave, and the owner pours one for herself.
- E6 min
Just a Trim
A regular trim with Rosa, who knows every door on the street and keeps a bowl for a cat she says she doesn't like.