Greetings from Berlin ! I got here but it wasn't easy with the whole socialist union trying to stop me.

You see, normally I would travel by train from my town all the way to Berlin. First to Brussels, then to Köln and finally to Berlin.

And exactly on this day that socialist union decides to go on a general strike : public transport, schools, post, etc ... Result : my train from Brussel to Köln simply cancelled (received an email), with the advice to travel on another day. And it would be doubtful if I got a train from my town to Brussels since all those trains come from Wallonia, socialist strikers' homeland. Of course I had a back-up plan : drive by car to the first station in Germany, Aachen, totally bypassing those strikers. About 150 Km, could be done. On the way out of my town I got in a traffic jam (at 6.30 in the morning). Further along the way I passed 3 or 4 roadworks, only got delayed once though. Made it to Aachen in time. From there it went smoothly, except that the train to Berlin had some very particular technical issues : twice it would just stop and then continue as if nothing had happened. I guess the onboard computer had a bad day. Somebody mentioned he would like to see some pictures, so maybe you'll get some.

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