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I'm on my way
Aug. 2nd, 2017 09:36 pmSet off this morning on the first stage of my trip to Worldcon.
I left home around 10:30 this morning. When I'm about to go on a long journey I usually have trouble sleeping the night before. This time I slept, but I had strange dream where I was travelling on a train wearing my pyjamas, only the train turned into an hotel room and I was locked out, still in my pyjamas, in the middle of the street.
When I was travelling across London on the tube, I saw a woman sitting with a guide dog. Only the dog wasn't moving and I realised it was a life-size toy dog wearing a guide dog harness. I did wonder if she had it so she could sit in the reserved seating, but I think it was sort of advert.
It was a fairly uneventful journey. The Eurostar left on time at 12:58 and got into Brussels at 16:08. As I was walking from the exit from the Eurostar platforms to the main concourse in Brussels, I saw a woman apparently collapsed by one of the shops in the arcade. I thought it might be a homeless person, but as I passed I realised it was just someone who had found a power socket and was using their phone.
I had a long wait for my connection to Cologne as it wasn't due out till 17:28, but I discovered that I'd booked a seat in first class. This meant a single seat to myself and complimentary coffee and a small bowl of diced melon.
I got into Cologne about 19:15 and quickly got to the hotel. I've stayed in this hotel many times before; it's right next to the station. I went out for a walk although it immediately started raining. I felt like a snack and ended up having some currywurst in a snack bar in the station. However, my attempt to order, "Eine Cola, bitte" was heard as "Eine Kolsch, bitte", so I got a beer and not a coke. I could live with that.
I left home around 10:30 this morning. When I'm about to go on a long journey I usually have trouble sleeping the night before. This time I slept, but I had strange dream where I was travelling on a train wearing my pyjamas, only the train turned into an hotel room and I was locked out, still in my pyjamas, in the middle of the street.
When I was travelling across London on the tube, I saw a woman sitting with a guide dog. Only the dog wasn't moving and I realised it was a life-size toy dog wearing a guide dog harness. I did wonder if she had it so she could sit in the reserved seating, but I think it was sort of advert.
It was a fairly uneventful journey. The Eurostar left on time at 12:58 and got into Brussels at 16:08. As I was walking from the exit from the Eurostar platforms to the main concourse in Brussels, I saw a woman apparently collapsed by one of the shops in the arcade. I thought it might be a homeless person, but as I passed I realised it was just someone who had found a power socket and was using their phone.
I had a long wait for my connection to Cologne as it wasn't due out till 17:28, but I discovered that I'd booked a seat in first class. This meant a single seat to myself and complimentary coffee and a small bowl of diced melon.
I got into Cologne about 19:15 and quickly got to the hotel. I've stayed in this hotel many times before; it's right next to the station. I went out for a walk although it immediately started raining. I felt like a snack and ended up having some currywurst in a snack bar in the station. However, my attempt to order, "Eine Cola, bitte" was heard as "Eine Kolsch, bitte", so I got a beer and not a coke. I could live with that.
