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 🎉
I’m on a packed TGV in 1 of four seats around a table. The other three are speaking about boring work stuff in that way that only Germans can - a sort of “Gelaber” to fill time
They’re from somewhere in Brandenburg I think, but are asking each other if the forest out of the window is the Black Forest. We’re approaching Kaiserslautern 🤦♂️
I’m feeling well integrated (I know where the Black Forest is) but not - as I find the Gelaber annoying
So the flood that delayed my father earlier meant he missed his Eurostar. Meaning he’ll likely miss the last TER at 1927 Bercy to Nuits-sous-Ravières
“But can’t I just take a later one?” he said to me naively. In France? A TER? Dream on
So I probably have to drive 55km to Auxerre to collect him. But a friend is lending me a car…
Martha@jon
That's grim looking.
That's grim looking.
@Island_Martha awful station. So much you could do here. But no one bothers. Under that car park sit 6 unused platforms.