" The nice conductress said, "Dry your tears, You are on a non stop first class train have a full dinner, a comfortable first class seat...no luggage to deal with and will arrive in a few hours and have unlimited drinks. Call your neighbor to let you in and don't worry. It's your husband who has to worry. We can chat and play cards for a few hours."

Poor Doug...he was stuck for many hours weighed down with so much luggage he couldn't get to a bathroom or snack bar, got on a second class train with no food, couldn't understand the German announcements or speak German....arrived after midnight....

I think he held up very well and made lots of nice friends but he got the rougher deal...