The Dream of August 23-24

This dream has faded a lot since I was too lazy to write it down yesterday, but I remember some general things and a couple of details.


I found myself in Berlin one evening, it was quite cold and I feel as if it ought to have been rainy but I can't remember any actual rain. What I do remember is how autumn-y it was. Everyone, including me, was wearing lovely coats and hats and scarves. I remember leaving a train station, that looked remarkably like the one in Manchester rather than the huge Hauptbahnhof in Berlin. I'm not sure what happened between this and me about to cross a road with a guy I didn't really know, but I remember that the feeling of cold, dark and autumn had increased. And I was terrified. I'm not sure why, but we were crossing the road in a spot without a crosswalk, and I was so afraid of the cars and something else. All I can say for sure is that it wasn't the guy I was afraid of. We ran across half of the road and stopped in the middle. Now cars were approaching from both directions and I started to get hysterical as they whizzed past us on both sides of the road. One was so close behind us that I could feel it graze my calf. For some reason I know I was wearing my brown, knee-high boots. I think I fainted after this because I suddenly found myself flat on my back on the centerline and the guy was leaning over me. He got me off the road and we stumbled across to the other side where there was a park. Somehow we got through the park and later we were in the house in which he lived with his parents. I know he told them that I'd stay with him until I was to leave Berlin but I'm not sure when that would be or how I would travel. And this is really all I remember now.
The most vivid bits were the car grazing my calf and the general feeling of the cold autumn night. I can still sort of feel that.