Dateline: 06.42 24 Aug 1996
Location: Berlin-Praha, EC 171 Comenius
Auf wiedersehen, Berlin! I leave you with mixed feelings: a city
that could be great if it wasn't just a bit too big, getting
crushed under its own weight, now worse than ever since the two Berlins
amalgamated. Scenes of beauty interpolated with ugliness, deals of
the century with ripoffs of the century, the vibe of humanity and
the anarchist underground mixed with the curse of bureaucracy and
soulless capitalism. In all, it was fun while it lasted and I may
pop in again one day, but stay there I won't. To date, Köbenhavn
has been the spiffiest, except for the price level. Now we're entering
the zone of countries with a guaranteed low price level, but entirely
unknown quality, culture and atmosphere to match... but, of course,
that's the only way to find out. FORWARD EVER, BACKWARD NEVER!
Hiya kids, and üdzözöljük az "Fun with Hungarian
Vocabulary"! Today's delectable tidbit is - drums, please -
SZERVÍZSZOLGÁLTATÁSOKRÓL
What does it mean? I have no idea, but it certainly sounds cool, no?
Or at least it probably would if you pronounced it correctly.
Yet another fascinating piece of information from Deutsche Bahn's
"Ihr Fahrplan"-guidelet for the Berlin-Praha-Budapest journey.
Up next the cosmic random generator came up with this intriguing sign,
adorning all four sides of a building right next to the train track:
The boring person might attempt to claim that the sign contains merely the
logical abbreviation for the train station of Sadlershof, but personall
I would prefer to think of it as a statement on conditions in former
East Germany.
The day's budget
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