Amsterdam Back and forth across Amsterdam from the central train station to a cab, drop the baggage in total confusion in the western part of the city, and then beat it over to a bus to the end of its line, stopping at Sloterdijk, a giant train station, feeling like I was hitting all …
Category: International
Night Trains
Brussels In an almost visceral way I now finally know what the lyrics of the old songs mean about taking a “night train” to either run towards or away from something. The last two nights I rode the rails from Amsterdam via Brussels (and its new station!) to Berlin (and its giant station which …
Misereor
Aachen, Germany Misereor comes from a line in the German translation of the well known New Testament Bible story about the miracle of the loaves and fishes where Jesus was able to take two fish and five loaves of bread and then feed all the masses listening to his sermon. In the same way …