Fate
The other day I went to Porto by car. I choose my speed (keeping an eye open to avoid traps), which roads I take, and whether I pay tolls. Generally, from home I can be there in two and a half hours. There is an alternative. I could also drive to Vigo in forty-five minutes, pay to park the car, and pay a round-trip ticket on the train, which then takes a little over two hours to reach Porto. Despite some tolls that are unavoidable if I want to get there faster, and the gas tank I have to fill (though then I have gas for another week), I consider going by car the best option. It's not the safest. As we are constantly being told, driving a car is one of the most dangerous transportation options. But, sometimes, the opposite is true. Yesterday morning, the train that leaves Vigo for Porto at nine in the morning had an accident just before reaching O Porriño, still in Spain. Four people died, the engineer, a conductor, a conductor-in-training, and an American tourist. It's not s...