High summer in Leipzig, with the universities apparently on their break. Girl student doesn't know whether to get out of bed, and dozes for a while. Then she goes out, taking some books with her in a bag. Just as she leaves the block, a young man comes in, unseen by her. Later in the morning, she pauses to talk on her mobile, and he cycles past her, still unnoticed.
In a grocery store, she is examining the label on a jar of sauce, when he arrives at the same shelf, again unnoticed, and has to reach in front of her, almost rudely. In an outdoor café, she's reading her book when a girl-friend recognises her and rushes across to talk about her recent world travels. This time, they both notice the same man (favourably), but the student is too shy to approach him.
As she returns home, he arrives there at the same time, and she asks "Do I know you?", as though he looks vaguely familiar. The door opens and a new woman neighbour of hers steps out, with a friendly greeting, and introduces the man as her boyfriend.
You can call it a silly and inconsequential story, and I think there's at least one coincidence too many. But it's actually quite a good snapshot of a girl student's mind, at that youthful age when life is largely an aimless stroll, with many paths that cross, but with no outcome.
In a grocery store, she is examining the label on a jar of sauce, when he arrives at the same shelf, again unnoticed, and has to reach in front of her, almost rudely. In an outdoor café, she's reading her book when a girl-friend recognises her and rushes across to talk about her recent world travels. This time, they both notice the same man (favourably), but the student is too shy to approach him.
As she returns home, he arrives there at the same time, and she asks "Do I know you?", as though he looks vaguely familiar. The door opens and a new woman neighbour of hers steps out, with a friendly greeting, and introduces the man as her boyfriend.
You can call it a silly and inconsequential story, and I think there's at least one coincidence too many. But it's actually quite a good snapshot of a girl student's mind, at that youthful age when life is largely an aimless stroll, with many paths that cross, but with no outcome.
