There's some cross between me and Amsterdam. Thrice in last 4 years I went almost through that city but for some or other reason could not see it. This time me and A were prepared, with tickets, hotel reservation, backpacks and we also embarked on the trip but...as fate would have it, could not reach Amsterdam. The first snow of the season here was so heavy and un-expected that it put the entire Deustche Bahn(DB) railyway system out of gear. It was a crazy blizzard going all over north Germany yesteday night and our train got cancelled in Osnabruck. The service point redirected us to Munster and the service point their adviced us to go back home as there was no way rails would run and so we reached a city called Hamm. But their, I was really impressed with DB serivce, they not only arranged a 3 start hotel for our overnight stay and arranged for a return train back home today morning but they also refunded the entire journey tickets !!! Now Laloo, Indian Railways and even the airlines have a long way to go before they catch up with this kind of service...anyway, we returned back safe and sound today afternoon, it was nice free trip to 3 bundesland cities and a free overnight stay at cost of DB:-) "A" was also very happy since this was her first experience of a snowfall and that too so heavy! She is always lucky...I remember my first experience of snowfall in Italy 4 years back was quite a damp squib as compared to this.
But I have not given away the hopes, will keep a watch on weather and will catch the next possible train to visit Amsterdam, the happenning place know for its nightlife (probably next only to Vegas). Could not go there as a bachelor, but so be it:-)
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