Think I messed up my “going abroad” stuff on my phone bank app.Decided to get some cash out of the ATM earlier.I have enough to last me until tomorrow but wanted a bit more just Incase and also whatever Euros I come back with starts me off on my next trip,however it came up as my card has been lost or stolen so I tried again and it flashed up as card not valid in this machine.Not wanting to have the thing grabbed from my sweaty mits I have decided to ride it as I don’t want the added complications involved…trouble is on the bank app I use it’s impossible to cite the current day as a starting point as it has to be from the next day at the earliest.Can’t complain as it’s another level of security,which is fair enough…
Got checked in,the landlord was just in front on me as I entered and greeted me with “ ah Ondrak” which will do me…third time here in a year but it’s still nice to be remembered.He has the grizzled appearance of the already weather beaten actor William Holden and there’s definitely a language barrier but that’s fine we seem to understand each other.He laughed as he pointed me to a first floor room knowing that the lift is still kaput…
Not gonna be moving out of the area for the rest of the day.There’s a decent couple of bars so that’s my fill until getting the Eurostar back to London tomorrow morning…I did notice two universal truths this morning having coffee outside a cafe.;Everyone,no matter their nationality,hates their life as they trudge to work on a monday morning and little kids will always chase pigeons…not earth shattering insights but truth’s nevertheless…
Even though I have only been away a week it seems far longer.Maybe it’s to do with the amount of train travelling I’ve done.Not sure I would heartily recommend the Paris to Berlin trip by train,not until DB sort out their end of it anyway.The French bit was fine but once it got to Cologne there were mess ups galore.It might be an idea to split it up with a stay over in Cologne,which is a fine city anyway so no great hardship.S’pose it depends how time constrained you are…would definitely recommend May Day in Berlin though,it’s an experience and then some…
Anyway I’m probably not coming back to Paris until next year sometime.This is my third visit in a few months so I’m a bit Parised out.My next trip is for the month of July and I’ll be going to the Netherlands via Eurostar which I have not done before then on through northern Germany,back to the Netherlands & back to UK.I know I’m putting more trust in German railways than they deserve but I’m a Brit so need an excuse to have a moan occasionally…
Now all I have to do is find a working WiFi signal and post this.Laters all…
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