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Looking closely, you can see that I am very nervous!

Location

On a very, very (VERY!) muddy field between the small town of Oldenburg in Holstein and the little village of Kremsdorf.

Participants

mtu

Planning

Thank God I don't live anywhere near my mom anymore!

Finding out how much the train ride was going to cost was a major pain the in back. The "simple and easy" fare system encompassing all trains and buses in the entire state turns out to be a bloated monster tripping over its own feet, much like LDAP. It took me half an hour online and a five-minute phone call I understood most of to finally know the cost of my trip.

Apart from that, my planning was horrible with respect to the shoes I was wearing. I do own heavy boots, but having worn them all weekend, I guess I was happy for a change. And as it turned out, of course, what I would have needed were the heavy boots!

Expedition

I wanted to use the train ride to do some writing, of which I have a lot to do these days. That went well, and I managed to write about 2.500 words that day.

After leaving the train station, I realized I had forgotten to check when trains would go back. So I followed the signs to the tourist information, which was in the town hall, and... vacant. A sign informed me that nobody was there for the moment, but that I should try the town library, so after waiting a minute and looking at historical documents about what appeared to be a men's choir founded hundreds of years ago, I headed for the library. The library, by the way, was in the same building as the gymnasium, and that looked about as charming as a nuclear bunker. On the library door, I was informed that the tourist information wasn't working on weekdays, and that I should try the town hall.

Luckily, my infinite loop detector fired its alarm, and I decided to try the local book store. After the flamboyant store owner had rudely dealt with who appeared to be a mentally handicapped regular visitor, he looked up train connection for me. He wrote three of them down, and I decided to memorize one more, because I had no idea when I would be able to get back.

Photos

My train ticket in front of the nothing that is the state of Schleswig-Holstein.
Amusingly, the train had the same name as the town I got off in.
Doing some writing on the train.
In downtown Oldenburg, hell is raised!
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The library/gymnasium.
You are leaving Nothing. Up ahead: Nothing.
Where the hash almost was: A dogs' school.
The hash from about 60 meters off.
Proof!
Sometimes one sign just doesn't do it...