TRAINS, PLANES and DEATH TRAPS………or you might call them AUTOMOBILES
I’m very (THAT’S
VERY!) glad we are not driving. The cars
are super tiny, and everybody drives very fast on the tiniest little roads. We haven’t seen an accident yet, which is
unbelievable to me. They Drive fast,
stop fast, accelerate fast. Yet they are
more laid back than we are in every way.
How odd is that?
Lots of trains are
running late and so the schedule is a bit mixed up which is very unusual for
Germany.
The train system (BAHN) is easy to navigate. We have been able to get everywhere very
easily. Most of the trains runs every 10
minutes or so. Timing the change between
platforms can be tricky. Sometimes the
platforms are very far away, sometimes they are close, but you can’t get across
the tracks without going down and around and then back up onto the next
platform. Most of the words I know are
the ones to help us get where we need to go.
Yesterday we went to meet Mia after school. We were supposed to get there as she was
getting out, and then she wanted to show us her classroom. Eva gave us a map, and some directions. We didn’t make it far before the directions
didn’t make sense anymore and we stopped to ask for directions. We thought we had it figured out, but didn’t
end up in the right spot. I told David
that is why we paid for the data plan on the cell phone and to turn it on. Only 1 problem……we didn’t know the name of the
school. We eventually found the school,
but after scaring a teacher to death asking where Mia might be, we discovered
she had already gone. We then tried to
find our way home, but instead of going on the walking route, I opted to take
the roads because I could get home that way.
It was familiar from driving with Eva.
When we arrived at the house, Eva said she had sent Mia out to look for
us, but on the wrong route because she assumed we would come home the way she
told us to go. Eventually Mia came back
home and we all laughed about our adventure.
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