Friday, August 22, 2008

Wuerzburg Spontaneity

So we had a long schedule of what train stations we had to be at in order to arrive in Kristiansand. We first rode from Vienna to Nuernburg, and from there we were supposed to go from Berlin to take the night train to Malmoe and so on and so forth. Anyway, we got off the train to Nuernburg, and then I realized I had forgotten my camera on the train! So I ran back to the train, grabbed my camera (and toiletries bag and a plum which I thus realized I had also forgotten), and then I tried to run off the train. But then, the worst movie moment ever happened. Right as I was running around the corner to the door, I saw it close. I pounded on the door and tried to pry it open as I moved faster and faster away from the platform and watched Josh and our luggage turn into a tiny speckle in the distance.
I promptly began to bawl and sobbed out my story in broken German to some of the train workers. I told them that my passport, eurail ticket, and money was all in Nuernberg along with my boyfriend. So then they told their boss, and after a series of phone calls that I could half-understand, I found out that Josh was on the next train behind us to Wuerzburg. After the most adrenaline-filled train ride of my life, I was reunited with Josh an hour later in Wuerzburg. We then had to change our whole travel plan, and today we figured out that some of our arrival times are the same time that our next train is supposed to depart. So there may be some more confusion today, but if we can handle Wuerzburg, we can handle anything.

Sincerely,
Olivia

P.S. Wuerzburg apparently has 3 of the best 4 wineries in all of Germany and is the beginning of the Romantische Strasse, or, Romantic Road. I would actually recommend it. But I´d also recommend being more prepared!

2 comments:

Emily said...

Good thing you know German. Mom and i breathed a sigh of relief when we got to the end of this blog. Who knows? maybe you hace a great adventure in store due to the knew travel arrangments.

Unknown said...

Glad you hooked up with Josh again! Alls well that ends well.

Keep posting the pics, they are great.

Uncle Steve