Well, the train out of Gdańsk was not quite as uneventful as hoped. From Gdańsk, I headed to Poznan, a good sized Polish city in the northwest. That train was OK, although crowded. But the next train on to Berlin was hot AND crowded on a day in the low 90s!
On top of that, our engine broke down about 45 minutes from Berlin. We were waylaid at a station for more than half an hour with no A/C while they changed out the engine. And no A/C the rest of our delayed trip! So we ended up almost an hour late, hot, sweaty, and grumpy! Fortunately, the other five people in my six person compartment were friendly and spoke better English than my two word of Polish and my smattering of German.
But all is not lost, my hostel is only a block away from the main train station where I arrived. And as I write this I’m sitting along the nearby Spree River at an outdoor cafe. It’s finally cooling off, there’s a mild breeze, music is playing, and I’m drinking a Berliner Pilsner and enjoying a light “pizza” – hard to beat!
Oh, and…my hostel doesn’t have A/C either. Rats!
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