After loading all of our gear and surprisingly still having room for ourselves, we headed off to the bus station. We knew the day was going to be rather dull and involve a lot of standing around and waiting until out correct bus/train/ferry arrived, but dull doesn't begin to describe it. Don't get me wrong, I loved the fact that we could just hop on a train and be in another country in just a few hours, it was just all the sitting/standing around that got to me.
The train ride itself didn't start out bad. The train goes on a ferry that takes you from a port in Denmark to the Port of Hamburg in Germany. It was fun to get out and walk around the ferry. It made for fun people watching! The ferry has a duty free shop, several places to get a sit-down meal and a drink or two and one "hot dog" stand. It seemed quite a bit smaller than the ones I'm familiar with from Washington which was strange because the train was able to go on it.
Back on dry land and on our way to Cochem, we set in for the day long journey on the train and from here on out the day gets less and less exciting so I won't bore everyone with my commentary but just know these things.
The German train system is very efficient but if you're able, you absolutely want to travel on either IC or ICE trains. Those are the fast ones and the others will have you wondering how a trip of only 20 kilometers can take close to an hour (i'm exaggerating, but it's slooooow).
The major German rail stations are completely covered with huge advertisements. They really are getting the bang for their buck. Who knew you be tempted into having fast food, coffee, beer, chocolate and a Volkswagen all at the same time.
The German countryside looks just like what I would expect and the German trucker stops look just like to ones in Wyoming complete with giant Mc Donalds signs that can be seen from all around...
Germany gets more beautiful the closer you get to the wine making areas!
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