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8/20/2007 - What I have been upto in Germany

As you all know, I've been to Germany last Friday. I've had a good time there, although it was a bit shorter than I would have liked. The first part of my itinerary was completely messed up. There was a fire in the tunnel at Schiphol Airport station, the first station on the route to Berlin, so the train couldn't leave.

While waiting at Amersfoort I heard that there would be a 50 minute delay. The railroad supplied an alternate train to the last station in the Netherlands, Hengelo. There I found out that the delay would be 90 minutes. That was a bit too much for my liking.

Fortunately for Münster there's another route, which from Hengelo doesn't take much longer than the one for which I had a ticket, and the rules are as such that I didn't have to buy a new ticket, as you're always allowed to take small detours in case of a delay of over 30 minutes, as long as you reach your destination faster than on the delayed train.

In the 15 minutes before my alternate train left I had a chance to make fun of some Americans who did have to wait, although I did feel sorry for that cellist from Russia, who had to catch a plane in Berlin that very day.

Münster is a nice city with lots of grand churches and other monumental buildings. After some sightseeing I got around to some shopping, especially books, and some groceries. The weather was nice for the most part, although around 2 PM the predicted monsoon started pounding on the city. Within 30 minutes some streets were covered in two inches of water, which disappeared as soon as the sun came out again.

On the way back my itinerary was fulfilled, completely. No more delays. What's more, in order to have a cheaper fare I had a one-day ticket for all of the Netherlands, and a ticket from the border to Münster. I haven't encountered a single conductor in Germany, and my ticket is valid for two months, so if I were to spend another 20 bucks for a ticket for the whole of the Netherlands, I could use my ticket for Germany again. Maybe I will! This cheap ticket is only valid for the remainder of August however, so I'll have to decide quickly.
 

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8/21/2007 - Quite an adventure

Posted by Fightingfemale

You gave me the willies for a second. I watch a series called, "Seconds from Disaster" and they've shown some nasty tunnel fires, which really don't happen here so it's extra scary. Once I was on a flight where they announced that they were honored to have a celloist from the St. Louis Symphony on board. I was not impressed. Besides, why was he flying an economy airlines if he's so important. He brought his darn cello on board and it took up the seat next to him in the front while the rest of us were crammed in like sardines. I guess I was just in a bad mood. Sorry for the rant.

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8/22/2007 - Neither am I

Posted by dutchboy

Impressed, that is. A celloist from St. Louis I mean. I've flown with the Canadian Games softball championship team, I've shared a train compartment with both Jeff Goldblum and Val Kilmer (for about 10 minutes), my dad punched the tickets of Telly Savalas, Jeroen Krabbe, and others, so a celloist from St. Louis!? What's that?

Also, on planes you have to check in your cello as oddsize baggage these days, so he wasn't going to be a bother for his fellow passengers. On the other hand, he was drinking quite a lot of beer for that time of day, and they say there is no greater danger in the skies than drunk passengers. Oh well, there haven't been any airline disasters, lately.

Edited by dutchboy on 8/22/2007 at 11:36 AM

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