Jon WorthMoving day is here. This wall of boxes (and everything else) will go in a truck in Berlin that arrives at 7am. I’ll race ahead by train to be in Ravières ahead of the truck’s arrival there tomorrow morning.
And yes, I know a rail pro avoids Berlin Hbf. But the S-Bahn to Spandau is blocked by something on the track. So needs must 🙂
We’re playing Bahn Bingo here today
- carriage 8 missing
- train running in reverse order
- pretty much every device in the BordBistro broken
Plus there must be a defective toilet somewhere 🙂
BUT despite a police intervention on board we’re on time so far 🎉
Today is really weird
So as to make sure I definitely get to Ravières by train tonight so I’m there for the arrival of the removal truck tomorrow, I’ve left extra time for the connection in Mannheim
Meanwhile my father - en route from the UK to Ravières - is delayed due to a flood. And my partner is still in Berlin arguing with the removers who (wrongly) claim we have too much stuff
And I can’t do much about any of it!
Laura Howes@jon Least the weather is OK for you in this neck of the woods
@L_howes indeed! Looks like the trip I was most worried about - mine! - is the least concern.
@jon Random nerdy question - do you have to go into Paris and out again to get to Ravières or is there an alternative? The SNCF being a very different beast, I'm always surprised if I DON'T have to go via the capital.
@L_howes no you don’t. I am so as I can meet my father there. I’d normally go via Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Dijon instead.
utzer 
@jon do you happen to know, are the immigration checks in Britain or on the mainland in that direction? Assuming he will take the tunnel.
@utzer going to France they’re in the UK. But my father isn’t transporting anything - he’s just coming to France to help me. The move is from Germany to France.
@jon yes, but immigration is still needed, even with a passport, ID is not sufficient since Brexit. And I as a German also have a British visa for other reasons.
So I was just wondering where that border check is.
So I was just wondering where that border check is.