Travis in Berlin

Well, today was an adventure. I set out at 9AM, as normal on my way to language school But at Greifwalder Strasse between my home station of Prenzlauer Allee and my destination, Frankfurter Allee, the train decided to stop and order everyone out. Then it left empty. Then another train came, unloaded a bunch more people and left empty. I gathered from several repetitive German announcements that the train was broken ahead. Super, I always wondered why "Greifwalder" looked suspiciously like "Grief World." So,

I had to catch a street Tram. Now, Berlin's Strassenbahns street trams are wonderful because they go virtually everywhere. Unfortunately, because of their overarching presecence they can also be quite the labyrinth.

So, I got on what looked to be the most direct route to my school (it was now 9:30 and class was starting). Somewhere along the way though, we ran into some construction that halted our progress, and the LCD screen inside read "Ende Hier." Super. Now, I'm in Northeast Berlin somewhere and another half hour late.

So, I two more trams later and my 2 hour ticket had run out, and I had little desire to go halfway through class and try to catch up on the topic.

Think I'll stay inside for the rest of the day. It's gray out and the trains don't like me. Good thing is I should have enough time to finish this monster-long podcast.

Labels: Berlin, Germany, Strassenbahn, Trains, Trams, travel