On the rails again... #Interrail #CrossBorderRail

Today, Wendy the DBJUNGLESKOG, @darkphoenix and I are in a lovely  ICE 3neo heading from Amsterdam to Osnabrück and then changing towards Hamburg Hbf.

It's good to be on an ICE again, it's been way too long. This is one of the comfiest ways of doing long distance travel, and it'll be a nice wind-down after the intensity of the game of Jet Lag.

Today's itinerary: https://moof.space/trip/2026-04-13

@darkphoenix I stand by my previous statements: the best French Breakfast on the railways, West of Vienna, is the DB one without a doubt.

Yes, that includes in France.

@darkphoenix Deutschland, ich bin in ihr

“Caution: Train Service”

You need to say this in a DB station, it’s not always a given you’ll have any.

Our connecting train at Osnabrück Hbf was running 20-odd minutes late.

However, in a twist that only makes sense in the world of DB, the 14:54 train to Hamburg has overtaken the 14:23 train to Hamburg, and is arriving at 15:23, the exact same time our original train was supposed to arrive. It is currently scheduled to arrive to Hamburg Hbf at 17:04, a whole ten minutes earlier than our original train.

So we’re sat in a lovely vintage  ICE 1, zooming along at 200km/h. Sadly, we couldn't find seats together, and so we’re sat in separate compartments. But it is comfortable nonetheless.

@moof wer ist sie o.o

@moof @darkphoenix

That inconsiderate monkey took the window seat they can’t even see out of. Rat them out to the conductor, I’ll bet they don’t have a ticket.

@BenHM3 @darkphoenix First, Wendy the DBJUNGLSKOG is blatantly an ape, not a monkey.

Second, as ook is less than 2 years old, ook doesn't need a ticket as ook is included on my Interrail.

Third, ook was keeping the seat warm for me as I took the picture.

Fourth, ook is enjoying looking up and out and indulging ooks special interest in catenaries

Fifth, ook!

@moof @darkphoenix yeah, one of the things I miss about Germany is the comfortable ICE.
@moof @darkphoenix I love the idea that the Djunkelskog monkey is now the Jet Lag mascot
@WizardOfDocs @darkphoenix It’s not a monkey. It’s an ape. Oook?

@moof @darkphoenix thank you for this potentially lifesaving correction. I took my cues from Ben and Adam; somebody should correct them too.

Ook.