01:17
Matt and I board the City Night Line 40447 Borealis, which starts our thirty six hour journey from Bielefeld to Riksgränsen. Any hope we had spreadin out for the night quickly vanished when I pulled back the door to reveal four other bodies! One of which was occupying Matt's bed :)
After cramming our two holdalls and two snowboard bags into the tiny cabin, we settled down to what, somewhat surprisingly, was a very good nights sleep.
08:24
Passport control and the news that the train is now delayed by approximately an hour. This means plan A and our safety margin to catch the next night train has disappeared. Plan B is still in play, but with only five minutes to spare...
12:58
We arrived in København one hour and forty five minutes late. With all possible permutations exhausted, we headed to the ticket office. Anne Marie tapped furiously on her keyboard to find a way of avoiding a twenty four hour extension to our journey, which she kindly did. There was one snag... The train was fully booked!
14:10
We returned to the ticket as requested. Stefan - some sort of manager - will attempt to talk us on to the train. The conductor was über accomodating - allowing us to travel in First Class and even booking the remainder of our journey. Time to sit back and watch Sweden roll by... [on fast forward!]
20:30
All seems to be running smoothly now :) We were ambling along the platform, looking for vagn 33 when Matt was acosted by a v.drunk bloke who was demanding to know where his train was!?! Needles to say, we made a sharp exit and located our cabin... Result! It was empty :) Just as we had finished unpacking, who should show up, but that v.drunk bloke from the platform!
As our train rattled on into the night, Jan sobered up and we were joined by Ahmed. The four of us chatted away the evening over a beer or two...
Matt and I board the City Night Line 40447 Borealis, which starts our thirty six hour journey from Bielefeld to Riksgränsen. Any hope we had spreadin out for the night quickly vanished when I pulled back the door to reveal four other bodies! One of which was occupying Matt's bed :)
After cramming our two holdalls and two snowboard bags into the tiny cabin, we settled down to what, somewhat surprisingly, was a very good nights sleep.
08:24
Passport control and the news that the train is now delayed by approximately an hour. This means plan A and our safety margin to catch the next night train has disappeared. Plan B is still in play, but with only five minutes to spare...
12:58
We arrived in København one hour and forty five minutes late. With all possible permutations exhausted, we headed to the ticket office. Anne Marie tapped furiously on her keyboard to find a way of avoiding a twenty four hour extension to our journey, which she kindly did. There was one snag... The train was fully booked!
14:10
We returned to the ticket as requested. Stefan - some sort of manager - will attempt to talk us on to the train. The conductor was über accomodating - allowing us to travel in First Class and even booking the remainder of our journey. Time to sit back and watch Sweden roll by... [on fast forward!]
20:30
All seems to be running smoothly now :) We were ambling along the platform, looking for vagn 33 when Matt was acosted by a v.drunk bloke who was demanding to know where his train was!?! Needles to say, we made a sharp exit and located our cabin... Result! It was empty :) Just as we had finished unpacking, who should show up, but that v.drunk bloke from the platform!
As our train rattled on into the night, Jan sobered up and we were joined by Ahmed. The four of us chatted away the evening over a beer or two...
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