Hallo Aachen!

Finally arrived. Destination : Aachen, Germany.

AachenIt took me 12 hours to fly into Frankfurt. It was a comfortable flight all the way albeit the long hours. What more could I complain from a economy class seat with wide screen LCD screen, comfortable seats, good foods and Dolby Digital-like sound system (thanks to my own headphones)?

Not forgetting also that I was entertained with 3 movies to pass time; Street Kings, Ah Long Pte Ltd and What Happens In Vegas.

I was 30 minutes ahead of time upon arrival at Frankfurt. So, I managed to catch the earlier train to . This train would only take around 2 hours and I should arrive at at about 11pm.

If I had missed this train, the next train would take 3 hours and by the time I reach , it would already be after 1am. Who knows what time it will be when I finally get to sleep.

Took the earlier train hoping to reach at around 11pm. And by 11pm, I was nowhere near . The train stopped for 45 minutes at a small town called Duren, some 40km away from . Apparently there was an accident at the next station and the train couldn’t proceed any further.

Everyone was asked to get down, or take the same train back to Cologne and wait for tomorrow maybe?

Asked around and found out that someone has jumped onto the tracks and got hit by the train? I wasn’t too sure about it, so I asked the others and the answer was still the same.

Someone jumped onto the tracks and got hit.

Now, this was really getting on my nerves.

It was already past midnight. I didn’t have a proper sleep for 24 hours, just got down from a 12 hours flight, hungry, sleepy, tired and the next thing I knew was..

I’m stucked in this small place until tomorrow!

It was almost 1am and there were no signs of the train moving again until tomorrow. Decided to the last taxi queuing outside the train station to .

So, Hallo !

August 26, 2008 | Filed Under Travels 

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