Just a quick update while I wait for Patrick to get to the hotel. I had forgotten how early I'd booked my ticket due to the drastic price difference between a decent hour and 0630. It wasn't too bad though. I woke up at 0430 and was walking to the Ubahn by 0545 and was at the Hauptbahnhof, sitting on the train, by 0610. There were several train changes, but I didn't mind...for most of the trip I had a car to myself and the German countryside was beautiful. There was one section of track that ran along a river that was amazing. I wish I could have taken a picture, but the train was moving too fast and the window was highly reflective. There were tons of campers and tents pitched along the river bank...while I'm not a big fan of camping, this looked like it would have been nice. Right behind the campers was a quiet German town.
I eventually got to the Luxembourg train station and walked about 2km to the hotel. I was hesitant to do so since I had no back up Internet or GPS but the Google Maps directions worked.
That's about it. I'm in the lobby of the Hotel Le Royal now. It's a nice hotel and I'm looking forward to seeing the city. Shanna is driving up Friday, so next week I'll post plenty of pictures!
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I couldn't help but notice you are using military time and the metric system. Is this a product of culture immersion, much like when I say "wicked", or are you turning into one of those Madonna types who will come back with an accent?
ReplyDeleteHa, I grew up with 24 hour clock, and it was used on base when we lived there, so I'm used to it. I've always put whatever I could (computer, alarm clock, car radio clock, etc..) in 24 hour format if I could. The fact that it's the standard way of showing time in Europe is awesome.
ReplyDeleteAs for the metric system, it's definitely a necessity to get to know it, and fast. It'd be way too confusing to try & think of things in miles, feet, inches, etc... and the metric system as well. If I have to give any form of measurement to a non-American, they won't know what I'm talking about, so I might as well start only thinking in Metric. Then we when we move back to the US, I'll switch back to the English system of Measurements.