Honestly I'm still overwhelmed of what happened yesterday. Running a little bit late after having a beer after work with some colleagues, the train driver announcement: "Personenschaden (damage to persons) - the train will not proceed after the next station" seems to indicate another upcoming public transport disaster. From experience the track is usually closed for hours, no alternative is offered during the first 2 hours. Maybe if it takes even longer they get some buses to move the people.
Yesterday it went perfectly different. Right after I checked alternative routes on the VRR website and informed home government they I'll be _really_ late, they announced taxi transport between the directly affected stations. So, get a group of four passengers and jump into the next taxi - paid by the DB.
Great - got only 20 minutes delay. Happy to be surprised by problem management of DB more often in this positive manner in general - obviously I would be even more happy if we could arrive to a point where less people choose to use "Personenschaden" as final exit strategy.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Easter fire
Easter fire is a quite common tradition in Germany. Beside the religious meaning it is a nice opportunity to meet some - old - friend and the kids have fun anyway.
We had quite a good time - luckily the weather did not kill the whole thing. We got three times really light drizzle but never got really wet ...
Check out the background details on the easter fire tradition at wikipedia. We had "our" easter fire at Hof Holz. Hof Holz is a farm where disabled are integrated in work and life. The farm provides rich opportunities for visitors, e.g. playground and animals for the kids and great home-baked cakes and bread.
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