22 december - Back home

So yeah, I know I have complained about it sufficiently, but I still think that it sucks is a sign of political unwillingness to invest in public transport that the City Nightline between Copenhagen and Amsterdam has been cancelled. It was a super cheap connection: for exactly 100 euros I could travel from Denmark to the Netherlands between 7 PM and 10 AM in a coupe with five snoring fellow travelers a comfortable bed. 

Alas, for this Christmas I had the choice between booking a flight or taking a day train. Because I just wanted to try it and actually like trains care soooo much about the environment, I booked a train that left at 7.43 on Monday morning from Copenhagen. I made it home around 9 PM. I am still in doubt whether it was just tiring or also fun. 

See here a childish documentary of my trip. 

Packing my bag episode #femtioelva

The Öresundståg brought me to Denmark. Nothing special with that.

They had a nice tree at Cph Central.

The next train went to Hamburg...and went on a boat. The City Nightline didn't do that, so the day train is just SO much cooler. Kudos.

The station in Hamburg is quite beautiful. 

And Deutsche Bahn understood that I wanted to stay there longer, so the train to Bremen was 35 minutes delayed.

In Bremen I caught the regional train to Leer. Bremen station wasn't that impressive, but the Christmas decorations got points.

I mean - look at that!

In Leer I took the train to Groningen. It stopped at every farmhouse and lots of places I'd never heard of, so that was good for my geography. After that I stopped taking pictures - was already in the Netherlands after all.