The blonde asked for the bill and turned to me: „so shall we go for another drink? Let's try the Widder bar. It's only a few minutes from here".
I agreed. We crossed the Bahnhofstrasse, entered the Augustinergasse and headed for the Widder hotel with its famous piano bar. We sat centrally at a small table.
"What can you tell me about this place?" I asked her. "Oh, I‘ve been here only three times", she replied while performing the feminine ritual of lighting a cigarette. "As you can see, there is a pianist but sometimes they have concerts. And the whiskies are excellent (but you probably don't care anyway)", she continued. My hands caressed the camera in my bag but I felt I wasn't ready; so I went on with the smalltalk: "seven years ago, when I first came, the lights were bright, it was almost empty, there were only senior citizens", I remarked. "I like it better now, the lights are dimmer, the crowd is more diverse, it has character".
The waiter came: she ordered a Caipirihna (19 CHF), I stuck to the usual: Espresso (6.50 CHF), what else? "Do you really have concerts?" she asked him. "Yes", he said, "on Tuesdays, yesterday we had Flamenco, I bring you the program".
The pianist was singing: "a minha saudade, o meu amor". She asked him for a song. He sang it after his break and she whispered along.
It became more crowded as the evening progressed.
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