Or the train from Geneva to Munich.
Due to the higher terrorist level in Geneva and the
fact that the last time I tried to take a train to Germany I ended up turning
around and coming back once I had done the 3 hours to Zurich, this time I
decided to put more than the usual luck on my side. R took me to the train
station early enough so that I could have an extra hour in Zurich just in case.
Of course having taken all those precautions, both
trains went off without a hitch. Not only, but arriving in Munich I went out
the correct door, got a taxi within seconds and was across town in my hotel in
time for the 18:00 briefing ! Ran into the tour guide just leaving my room
key in an envelope with my name (spelled correctly even – that’s once in a row)
on it at the reception desk, so I was able to reconfirm the time as well as
where the briefing was being held.
Although inside a train all day was able to get a
few pictures out the windows once I had left the fog of Geneva, Fribourg,
Neuchatel, Olten and Solothurn behind.
Now it’s on to Christmas markets galore with a
childhood friend and her husband, first here in Munich, secondly on our cruise
down the Danube from Nuremburg, Germany to Vienna, Austria.
Just a slight note of caution : in the fancy
hotels wifi is paying, on the boat we may be out of range so the blogs of this
particular trip may be a wee bit out of sync and slow in being posted.
Never mind, rest assured that fun will be had,
photos will be taken and news will arrive albeit perhaps at a slower pace than
usual.
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| sun through the fog looking down from the Geneva train station |
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| double and sometimes triple suns through the windows |
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| The Swaroski tree in the Zurich train station |
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| Niki de Saint Phalle's "protective angel" sculpture in the Zurich train station |
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| Into Lindau |
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| Out from Lindau |
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| Along the lake and the border |
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| close up of the square rainbow in the picture above |
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