It is with relief that I am finally at a computer able to write this. The travel over here was impressively smooth, with only a few strange blunders. I couldn't find one of my bags in Munich, but that ended up being because it had arrived one hour earlier than me. There was a stopover in Zurich and it took an earlier flight. The ticket machine at the train station didn't take my VISA card. A guy behind me in line ended up buying it and I paid him for it in cash. Then I finally took the wrong train because I was in a rush, but I just had to get out at one of the stations and the right train caught up. So, all's well that end's well, and I arrived intact.
In the evening, Lisa and Thorsten, two of Franz's PhD students, met up with me for dinner and we had (this is going to be a great surprise if you read my blog about my stay in Prague) pizza and beer! Well, I was the only one with a beer but I don't go to Germany and pass up the Bier. They drove me home and I was asleep by 10pm.
