It was a 6.5 hr train ride to get from Hamburg to Prague. Before we left, we grabbed lunch with a last nod to Germany. I had my stuffed potato and our boy had his second hamburger in Hamburg:
We boarded our train, *finally* making sure we looked for the car number before finding our reserved seats. We had a couple of hiccups with this on our prior reserved segments, but we’re getting the hang of it!
And I’m realizing that “reservation required” doesn’t seem to mean that literally, at least not for Europeans riding the trains. I’ve had to (nicely) kick people out of our reserved seats (once we figured out where they were) – on multiple trains. Sometimes the people in your seats pretend they don’t know you’re talking to them, hoping you’ll get confused and leave them be. Umm, obviously they don’t know that doesn’t work with me, lol! Especially when we’re going to be on that train for 6.5 hrs! Funniest part is the conductors on those trains appear very efficient at checking everyone’s reservations and tickets once on board…I’ve seen them kick whole groups of people out of our car, though I’ve yet to see what happens next. Do some get kicked off the train entirely? Or do they just wander the train and find another seat that isn’t theirs until caught again?
Anyway, the ride to Prague was lovely, with fall in high swing in the forests along the way. Considering our train was going speeds of up to 140 km/hr (87 mph!), I didn’t get good photos of our trek. But here are a few somewhat decent ones I managed to get:
Check out the castle on the cliff!
And this must be important, since it was lit up:
Here was a cool bridge:
And we made it!!
Tomorrow we explore Prague.
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