11:00 a.m. - Things never seem to go as planned - especially when your time is dependant upon others. We have been spending the last 2.5 hours traveling from the hotel in Dusseldorf to the train station and then on to Wuppertal (back on the bus) to try and catch the IC train. Apparently the train line that we were supposed to take from Dusseldorf to Berlin was damaged in the storms two nights ago. Strangely, no one could really tell us anything. The German train officials couldn't tell us if there would be an IC train anytime soon so we went to Wuppertal and waited for 45 minutes to find out that we had to go to Hamm to pick up the train. So we are traveling another 50 miles (1.5 hours) to pick up the IC train. I am amazed at the length of time that it takes to get an answer to any of theses questions from people. I guess as Americans we are way to worried about time. The Europeans appear to take this much more in stride - even though the public transit system runs a very tight schedule.
Well, back on our way to Hamm and if I don't stop typing now I will surely end up with motion sickness. So, signing off for now...maybe more later tonight.
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