Dear reader,
on the way from Würzburg to Stuttgart, I recently got stranded in the Swabian-Franconian province as a 9-euro-ticket business traveller. Faster trains do not run on the route. The regional train in the village of Möckmühl was no longer interested. In the absence of an alternative, the agreed interview called for a park bench instead of an office chair, teams instead of a conference room. Positive: fresh air and stable internet.
I hope you find your travels more trouble-free; the almost daily horror reports from train stations and airports cause other fears. If not: Bahn boss Richard Lutz (58) suffers with you and me “like a dog”.
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