It's been a while since I've really been traveling. Sure, I've made a few city trips over the past few years, the most of which had Berlin as their final destination. Such city trips are nothing compared to the Interrailing I've done four years ago. Berlin has become somewhat of a second home. Familiar, too familiar to be exciting from a traveling ( Read more... )

And suddenly, Berlin is so close. In just three days we'll be heading for Berlin, where we'll be for nearly two weeks, arriving on December 24th, heading back home on January 4th ( Read more... )

And once again hecubah came over. Although we always plan to meet up every three weeks or so, she's more and more becoming a very frequent visitor to our place. She was here last week, decided to come over this week and will be here for our Halloween-fest next week. I guess the long train ride can't keep the three of us apart. Hell, I even picked her up, ( Read more... )

And let's hope the travel will be more angenehm as the preparation. Wheras airliners allow you to book ahead half a year, train operating companies limit that time, for whatever reason, to three months. I suppose they keep the the presale period restricted in order to reflect major changes in the schedule due to construction works in the booking ( Read more... )

When I went to pick up xamixaze some time ago, we ended up in a rather busy train, and had to settle for standing on the balcony for the best part of the ride. Facing me was a rather young and alterative looking girl, who had been looking at us a couple of times; but then again, you can't really face nobody in a crowded train ( Read more... )

So I'm on my way back from our girlfriend in the south of the country. Sam and I went there on friday night, after I got of off my shift at work. A 3-hour train ride later, we arrived at her place around 11 pm. We've watched a movie or two, as I quickly fell asleep, tired of a long day of cleaning the house, working one of the most chaotic shifts I ( Read more... )

Although my booking is still awaiting confirmation from their side, I just want to let you all know that I've booked an appartment for cy-v, hecubah and me for our New Year's stay in Berlin.

We'll arrive on the 24th of December and go back on the 4th of January and will be staying on the top-floor of the building pictured here.


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Ever since the introduction of high speed rail travel, airlines have been struggling to keep their short distance flight services going. Train travel is usually a lot cheaper than air travel, whereas trains usually drop you off right in the city centre, saving you a time-consuming city-to-airport transfer twice ( Read more... )

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So I went to work yesterday, as I was a little behind with the working schedules, which kind of is my responsibility. After work I was invited to have a drink with a colleague of mine, Nikki. As the sun was shining, cy-v was out of town and she offered to pay, I went along for a drink on a terrace on one of the big squares of Alkmaar ( Read more... )

Last Thursday I went to Aachen with hecubah (Sanne). We'd go shopping that day and she might come along to my birthday party afterward. With only 2.5 hours of sleep (I had gotten into bed at 3, alarm was set at 0530) I went to the train station, but missed my train as I had to get a bandage for a cut I had gotten from a piece of glass. I messaged Sanne I' ( Read more... )