General Discussion

I don't even have time each day for DU, but if I can, I do. Like today--I had to get up at 4:30 to run down here (Paris) in time to make my various appointments, will be tearing off back to the Gare du Nord in about half an hour to make my train back to Düsseldorf so that I can grab a light late dinner and then get up again at 5:00 in order to be in Utrecht (NL) by 9:00 tomorrow morning.

In the meantime, if I can steal the time, I will look in on DU (of course).

PS--last week, it was worse: I got up at 4 to make a 5:50 train from the D'Dorf airport down to Köln, because there was work being done on the tracks, so all trains leaving for Brussels and Paris left an hour early, so as to arrive on schedule after the detour. So, at 5:50, when no train--going anywhere--appeared, passengers started asking questions. Oh, someone tossed themself in front a train just north of here, so there will be no train service for a couple of hours while the cops clean the scene up. Of course, all available taxis were gone. So, I took the monorail over to the main terminal of the airport and asked who wanted to take me to Aachen, at the Germany/Belgian/Dutch border? One guy said he'd do it, and how much time did I have? I said just under 90 minutes. He said he'd try, but I'd have to pay what was on the meter. I said you got it.

As soon as he got out onto the Autobahn, he DID tear outta there, speed reaching at times 205 KPH (just over 120 MPH). I thought he was from Iran, which he confirmed. I told him I was from the USA, and then spoke my few words of Persian (i.e. Farsi), and all was cool. It cost me (correction--it cost the outfit I work for!) 305 Euros, or about $350, but he DID make it to Aachen in time, and I did catch the train to Sprout City, and then the connection on to Paris. I swear, there is never a dull moment.