I caught the night train, as per usual – and got a sleeping car.
Unlike the Austrian Railways night train, this was *TINY*, and so
cramped I couldn’t fit my bag inside properly.
Anyway, I was promised I’d be woken up at 5:20 (since the train
arrived at Cologne at 5:45) and given breakfast (Tea, breadroll, and
jam).
Because of the very cramped conditions, I didn’t sleep very well. I
didn’t get breakfast or the wakeup call either… so I ended up in
dussledorf with another german guy who was sharing the same cabin, who
was also supposed to get breakfast and a wakeup call to get off in
Cologne.
Luckily they’re not too far apart (45mins via the S-Bahn), so we
caught another train back…
Then I got myself kinda lost… well, *I* knew where I was, but the
maps near the Underground station were crap (The maps didn’t have up
as north, they were oriented some random direction) – So I spent about
2hrs wandering around this empty suburb, with almost noone around,
trying to find my hotel.
Somehow I managed to lose my PDA (Handheld PC) while I was at it – I
was using it to look at the directions on from the hotel’s website…
so, not sure where it is now, and I can’t find a police station either
to report the loss.
The two things that might get it back are (1) The “Ownerdetails”
sticker on it, saying to go to a website and enter the number on it
and (2) the password-lockout screen has my mobile number and email
address on it. (They can’t use it without knowing the password, or
reformatting it if they know the right set of key-combinations)
If that doesn’t help… well… I’ll try claiming it on my insurance.
Anyway, I’m now in Cologne, with a headache, and nothing to read (all
my books are on there, but they are backed up). *sigh*
Hope everyone else is having a better time.
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