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of all the things I planned for this trip
Nov. 19th, 2015 10:09 pmScrambling to find a hotel in Berlin at 11:00pm wasn't one of them.
I got a direct train from Munich, a nice 6 hour shot, scheduled to get me in around 21:15. Not too bad. But we hadn't even made it to Nurnberg when the delays started, and kept growing, until it was 22:30 when we arrived at the hauptbahnhof, at which point (esp. since it was raining) I was NOT interested in the 20 min. walk to the university guest house where I was being put up. So, yes -- ANOTHER taxi (my third of this trip!). Only to find that...reception for the uni guest house closed at 22:00, and while I have internet access to look up the phone number....I don't actually have a working phone connection overseas; I can't register on any of the networks.
I found a hostel (a nice posh one) three blocks away and have a bed there for the night, so I've got a place to sleep (and boy, do I need it!), but I didn't expect to be doing this tonight!
I got a direct train from Munich, a nice 6 hour shot, scheduled to get me in around 21:15. Not too bad. But we hadn't even made it to Nurnberg when the delays started, and kept growing, until it was 22:30 when we arrived at the hauptbahnhof, at which point (esp. since it was raining) I was NOT interested in the 20 min. walk to the university guest house where I was being put up. So, yes -- ANOTHER taxi (my third of this trip!). Only to find that...reception for the uni guest house closed at 22:00, and while I have internet access to look up the phone number....I don't actually have a working phone connection overseas; I can't register on any of the networks.
I found a hostel (a nice posh one) three blocks away and have a bed there for the night, so I've got a place to sleep (and boy, do I need it!), but I didn't expect to be doing this tonight!
