a first

I was ‘controlled’ on the tram yesterday. When the ticket-checking man asked to see my ticket, it took me a bit to find it, but it ended without a fine.

I don’t take public transportation too often, maybe an average of once a week. In over a year of living here, this was the first time I was controlled. I am glad that I had bothered to validate my ticket. Sometimes, I don't.

When I was visiting Sarajevo and Zagreb, I was controlled on the first trams I took.

I don’t know if this is praise for those cities or Belgrade.