36 hours, 10 trains and a night in Luxembourg -
Contemplating the departure board at Hamburger Bahnhof I realized my folly: I may have booked the wrong road
I got a note from Travemünde, northern Germany, Luxembourg, part of a train two days to get to Konstanz in southern Germany -. detouring the country often has prices "special" and had worked less.I had already taken 2 trains to get to Hamburg and I still had 3 trains to take me to Luxembourg.
The starting board revealed my stupidity .. 3 trains to Lux, 1 comfortable direct train to Zürich Zürich is an hour by train from Konstanz, Luxembourg is 4 trains and 8 hoursWhy didn? she instead of looking me in booking my trip through SwitzerlandI think I know why: when I swept railway options on deutschebahn.com I saw Luxembourg pop up and thought
"Ooo, I never went to Luxembourg!" . I have, however, been in Zurich.So 9 trains would be
(it ended up being 10, I will come later!) . This was above the 28 hours that I have spent
sailing through the Baltic Sea Helsinki, Finland .I arrived in Travemünde Ferry Terminal at 21.30 the day before, spent a night in a budget hotel then took the 08.39 train to Lübeck Lübeck Travemünde Skandinavienkia where I had caught a connection to Hamburg .I ran across water and land to reach Konstanz for Christmas, to meet with Chris on December 21, and no, I did not want to fly. I did the whole trip so far without flying, I like to take the train, I had to take the train!
With four connections, I relied on the effectiveness of the German railways, unfortunately all unraveled in Hamburg. this direct train to Zürich seemed even more attractive when I discovered the train, I was hoping to catch was late.
45 minutes late to be exact , and the next connection only had a window 2o minutes, I was never going to catch that train, or both after. Ah! It's an adventure!The train arrived only 20 minutes late, I went up and the carriage filled but the train went nowhere. Finally, the ticket inspector got off the train
with a fierce look on his face and began ordering everyone in the car. I did not know what she was saying, as my understanding of German is minimal.I asked her and she shouted "fear of fear" and kept me up to 4 fingers. What? I do not understand! (I could not count to three in German!).I thought she meant we had to go to the carriage 4, I gathered all my things and followed everyone. Someone usefully explained that
car was broken , it was probably the cause of delay.There is evidence that there was no carriage 4 (vier), we all decamped to transport 5 that seemed to wholeheartedly, and he was, whew!The train shunted for another 25 minutes before leaving. The inspector ticket appeared again once we were on the road, she seemed much happier now
Until she saw my ticket and my connections unattainable "Luxembourg Oh!" . The language barrier has become a bit of a problem because it could not explain anything to me. She tapped things in his machine for a while before giving me a printed new connections: I had an extra change and I would get in Luxembourg an hour later than expected. It was a relief to be perfect for me, I could sit back, relax and take in the German landscape!
Lübeck Travemünde Skandinavienkia >> Lübeck >> Hamburg >> Düsseldorf (the added connection) >> Koblenz >> Trier >> Luxembourg.
Germany is a great country! 
The rest of the trip was uneventful, although I remember standing on the platform in Düsseldorf, and think
"I do not know where I am! " . I mean, I could see that I was in Düsseldorf but if I had to have the pin on a map, I could not!I arrived in Luxembourg at 19.29 and started to walk to the hostel.
Nobody told me old Luxembourg is a UNESCO certified historic town built in a groove - yes, I would have researched - spectacular as it is painfully up and down the picturesque cobbled streets with my wheely bag was completely exhausting (Google maps is useless here!) and if it was not for
spectacular illuminated background bunkers and fortifications I wish I had hailed a cab !the next morning, I left early to explore the old quarter before my next set of trains in Konstanz which left at 13:30
Luxembourg Old Quarter is beautiful! Steep, cobbled winding streets and beautiful heritage buildings; the old city is built dramatically in the sides of both natural gorges with rivers cutting through.Even on a gray day in December he had a remarkable air and I happily explored with my camera
Behind, cute pastel houses are enormous fortifications, powerful stairs and old bunkers tunnel through the rock.
Luxembourg is a strategic location and an impenetrable castle once adorned the throat. I crossed the river, up the stairs and walked along the river Corniche and tottering walls, stretching my legs before I got on a train again
I checked out of the hostel and
returned to the station , I had thought the most direct route on my morning walk.lunch was a
take-away vegetarian buffet I seized on the way to the station, my next meal would be feasting with my man in Konstanz!
all trains were on time and arrived in Konstanz at 21.16,
Chris sat waiting on the platform: we had not seen for over a month 
There was a bit of an epic adventure: Helsinki in Konstanz (via Luxembourg), 77 hours 2,0 kms , ferry, taxi and 10 trains. Overland is much more fun than flying, and it helps preserve our planet!
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