A nice sip of cold beer mingled with the remnants of semen still in my mouth. When I left the guest house where we stayed, early this morning, I could not have imagined that my day would turn out like this.
7 years ago I moved to a new life in South East Asia and now, for the first time, I was back in the Netherlands. My wife had an appointment with some friends and I decided to spend the day riding my bicycle along all the spots I used to visit in the area when I still lived there.
Around lunchtime I rode to the woods where I used to walk a lot. I often went there in the early morning, when it was fairly safe to stroll around naked. The place where I always parked my bike had changed a lot. The narrow sandy path was widened and a parking lot for about 12 cars had been created at the beginning.
The parking lot was empty. I put my bicycle against a tree and I sat down on the bench there to eat my lunch.
After a while a car arrived. A guy stepped out and asked if I had called for an appointment. I said I did not and gestured that he was welcome to sit on "my" bench.
"Was your appointment supposed to be here already?" I asked him.
"I'm not even sure he will show up," he replied.
"I think I wouldn't make an appointment if I wasn't sure the other one would come."
He then told that he would get money for the appointment so he takes the risk of a no show.
"You are making me curious now." I said.
He replied with a question: "Is this the first time you are here?"
"O no, I've been here many times," I said, "but the last time was 7 years ago." I told him I moved abroad and was now cycling along spots that evoke memories.