OFF to BERLIN!!!!!

We woke up at about 0430 to get ready to leave.  The final things were put in the bag and we headed to the car.  David was so nice to take us to the train station.  He sensed how nervous I was and said he would make sure we got where we needed to go.  The drive to the station was uneventful and we made good time.  We check in at information and they dated our German Rail Passes and then we found the platform.  We walked down to the correct loading place and waited for the train to come.  We reviewed all things he’d taught us and then we boarded.  He was so kind to even walk on with us and showed us how it says that we had reserved the seats in a little electronic window above the seat.  When we don’t reserve seats we need to know how to tell which seats are still available to sit in.  We settled in and then he came back on the train and said they had made an announcement that the stops were going to change just a bit and to be sure and get off at the main station. 

We had decided to take the ICE (not pronounced Ice, but "It-see-eyh")and so we made reservations for two window seats with a table.  That way I could type on the net book and catch up on the blog.  The train left the station and I slept for a bit.  When I woke up I realized Dave wasn’t doing so well.  He was downright GREEN!  I guess he won’t be reading on the train.  It was smooth, but more wavy and curvy than I thought.  I swapped him places so he could lie down as there was no one sitting next to us.  I told him more than once to please moan quietly and he finally fell asleep and will hopefully not puke before we get to berlin.

The country side was beautiful and fun to see.  The train is FAST…..it’s a bullet train I guess you would say.  This is the “SPRINTER” route which doesn’t stop very much and gets us to Berlin in 3:30.  Driving by car would be 6-7 hours.

When we get to the main station we will need to find the Ubahn or SBahn to take us to the hotel.  We will need to find the Hard Rock Café which is where we will pick up the Berlin Cards and bus passes we have purchase.  We will meet up with the kids this afternoon.  I can’t wait to see CJ!