Wiesbaden

On the train between Cochem and Wiesbaden. Ah, the trains in Germany are so lovely in October; as long as you're riding on a weekday, you usually have an entire car all to yourself whenever you travel.

A teen skate park, one of many facilities sponsored by the Slaughterhouse artistic collective who also run the Wiesbaden poetry slam.

The writer at work, Wiesbaden poetry slam.

One of the two University students I shared my table with at the slam; the other one is taking our picture.

Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof (main train station), exhausted and killing some time before my train arrived.

On the plane home. Goodbye, Germany - hello, Chicago!