Kyoto in the Rain
A photographer on assignment in Kyoto keeps running into the same woman at temples across the city. On the fifth day, in a downpour, he finally asks her name.
A former travel writer who now sets his stories on night trains, in mountain huts and in cities he once reviewed.
The Mountain Hut
Caught by a storm above the tree line, two hikers take refuge in an unstaffed hut with one stove, one bunk room and a long night to fill.
Compartment Nine
The night train from Paris to Vienna, a sleeper compartment booked twice by mistake and two travellers too tired to argue. By Munich, neither of them wants the mistake corrected.