I hate Trains

I hate trains. Absolutely. Last night after booking the ticket to Amsterdam, I was getting on the 22:26 train to home. As I was sitting there with my travel pass out, I prepared to write in my journal when I hear an announcement in German. Everyone else on the train responds by getting huffy and exiting the train, as did I, figuring that something had changed. At first they changed gates for my train, and then they (as I eventually figured out) cancelled my train and instructed everyone to find an alternate route. Not know exactly what was going on, but figuring that the train wouldn't be leaving, I followed a family onto an alternate platform for a different train, which would get me home, although through a different route. As I waited on the platform, I realized my train pass was not where it should be, and not in my pocket. I freaked out figuring it was on the train I'd been on. I take off running up the stairs to the platform, only to ascend onto the wrong platform, at which point I start running down, but lose control and go flying face first down the stairs. Now I'm bruised and scarped on a thumb, both knees, and an elbow. I couldn't find my pass after getting to ther train, which was fortunately still there, and discovered it in my bag upon more thorough inspection. Went back down to the new platform and took the ong route home, going all the way through Dusseldorf and changing trains at Neuss.

This morning, I was going to leave on the 8:14 train from Kaarst to get to my stop at 8:34 and then walk to school from there. When the train stopped at Neuss Bahnhof, they made yet another announcement in German. But the train was still going the right way so I wasn't exactly worried. But when I asked the girl next to me she explained that the train would not stop until it reached Dusseldorf HBF. And besides that, the train kept stopping. So I was late for class, even though I left in plenty of time. That is the one bad thing about living so far out of town. Buh.

Well anyways, a group of us leaves for Amsterdam today after the Köln trip. Hopefully everything goes well.