A whistle-stop tour

Time ran thin at each destination we went to, we had to get off the train, take a photo of where we were (but kept forgetting about the group photos), run to the Weihnachtsmarkt, chug a Glühwein and then make it back to the station. We would have a wander about the place if we had time.

On the train to Würzburg, we had an interesting experience with a couple of the locals. The two men had quite a few too much, to say the least. And one of them spotted me wearing a ‘Liverpool’ football shirt, which was, in fact, a Welsh rugby shirt. 

So he thought he’d invite his friend to join us. The ogre-like one basically shoved my stuff on the luggage rack above us and made himself comfy next to me… though I wasn’t comfortable at all, I was getting to know the window as he squashed me against it. But he did give me a small bottle of liqueur; it tasted a bit like Jägermeister, but with a bit more kick to it. And I didn’t like either. But who can say no to free alcohol? Basically the conversation was about football, and how Chelsea are bitches. I couldn’t really contribute to it, but we did manage to get rid of one by telling him that Ollie supports Swansea City, but Shrek was still with us, unfortunately. 

The drunks moved around the carriage, trying to strike conversations up with the female members of the group, even getting in photos that were taken. It wasn’t a bad thing that they were there, it made the journey more interesting an somewhat different. These kind of things make travelling more memorable, and when we got to the station, the fat one was kind enough to ‘give’ me a bottle of beer!

At Würzburg, we got to the market and had some wine. And the mugs they gave were rather classy. They were the best mugs of the day, the mug was a kind of stem cup, but it was also a large cup, enough to hold a decent amount of Glühwein. It was different from the boring normal shaped mugs and the boot shaped mugs, which Rob finds being tacky. However, not much time was left to have a look around the place and in the end, some of us had to catch a tram back to the station and leg it to the train. We got separated from some of the group, who were on another train bound for the same place, but we decided to get on that train… however, it was still too close for comfort.

But we did eventually arrive in Bamberg, the Deutsche Bahn was behaving well today with no Verspätungen… well, maybe by a couple of minutes, but it wasn’t too drastic. It just meant we had to walk a bit faster, especially as the Weihnachtsmarkt in Bamberg is quite a distance from the station. But we managed some more wine, and hoped that we’d get back to the station on time, as Regensburg was waiting for us!