Last tuesday I spent a rather long day in Berlin. Actually it wasn’t exactly Berlin which made the day long, it was - again - Cologne and its black hole called public transportation or short KVB. Coming out of the plane at Cologne airport - by the way: that pilot must have been mental - I went directly to the trainstation. Of course I didn’t really think about the train timing here, as they are just always late, but that’s the Deutsche Bahn and we’re kind of used to it. In the end the train came 10 minutes too late. The signs at the stations didn’t show this, even two Bahn workers who waited for the train looked suspicious at the dark tunnel. A quick look at the iPhone app that has (allegedly) every station in Germany showed the 10 minute late-ness.

If you ever come to Germany and own an iPhone get the Fahrplan app from the App Store. If you’re going to Berlin also get the Berlin Trip Planner. This one even searches for nearby stations. (more…)

Just playing around with some shots I took a few days back. Hope you enjoy it!

Almost exactly two weeks ago I got the opportunity of meeting with Mark Blevis who was in town. Truth to be told, I haven’t met many bloggers or podcasters in person. I actually found out about Mark’s visit in Cologne from CC Chapman’s twitter feed. This is one of the reasons I love todays world.
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