I was watching an old film taken in Germany in the 1930s.

It was silent yet I could hear the sound and I could smell the air. The smell of juniper and ice was strong.

I knew at once the location was over looking the Rheine just south of Frankfurt.

Yet the scene was wrong. There was train tracks and boats that were out of place.

I remembered the moss on stone walls and the taste of fish I have never eaten. I am allergic to fish. Strange times then and strange times now.