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- 2024/07/29 19:30
- ☀️ 23 °C
- 海抜: 795 m
- ドイツBavariaFüssen47°34’14” N 10°41’52” E
Pessimistic Deutsch Bahn 🚆
7月29日, ドイツ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
I was taking to the train from Friedrichshafen to Füssen today onboard Deutsch Bahn. Easy to book through the app, although requiring 2 connections aboard 3 trains. The first was a swish ICE train bound for Innsbruck that I’d take as far as Lindau-Reutin. The easiest of the 2 connections was had here with 19 minutes between trains. Arriving on platform 22 I saw platform 24 opposite and signs to platform 21, but where was my platform 23?
I would have saved myself a trip up the stairs had I not just turned around to see that platform 23 was just an extension of 24 behind me. Oh well. Workout #1 for this train journey completed as I lugged my 20kg case up and down the stairs. The next train was a regional train bound for Munich. It was less comfortable and more crowded than the previous train.
We departed spot on time but the DB app had already decided my 4min connection at Kaufbeuren would now be just 2min. Yikes! The app got more pessimistic as the journey went on, changing to “connecting train might not be caught” then later giving up and saying I should “click here to reschedule”. I however was more optimistic.
The scenery on this 1.5 hour leg was more interesting as I curved around the hills and lakes bordering Austria before heading north. The resort town of Immenstaff (don’t know if it’s a resort or not but I’m calling it one) had a beautiful lake full of people paddle board and swimming or riding their bikes along the lakeside path. It looked so refreshing to be in that cool water. Such relaxation would need to wait as workout #2 was just around the corner.
As the train pulled into Kaufbeuren station my waiting train was ready to depart any second on the next platform. With 20kg of weight attached to one arm (my bag) I ran down one set of stairs and up the next boarding the train just as the doors close. Phew! Meanwhile Deutsch Bahn is still sending me messages to reschedule.
The next leg of the journey has me snapping photos out the window like my life depends on it. As I get closer to Füssen the mountains get bigger, the grass greener and everything just beautiful. Even the tractors cutting the fields attract my attention. The single rail track weaves its way around and over hills on the last leg to Füssen. I haven’t even arrived and I’m loving this area.もっと詳しく
旅行者 Why train direct, when you can connect?
Travel with Carl Haha. I’d actually have preferred direct when it comes to trains. Lugging a case between platforms takes the fun out of connecting.