a thanksgiving day journal: 3 bakeries, 8 trains, 1 job interview.

6:00 am - we're woken by the sound of a strident alarm clock in boppard, germany; there's snow on the ground
6:37 am - a hurried thanksgiving breakfast. the menu: 1 banana, coffee.
7:21 am - train #1: boppard (germany) to mainz (germany).
8:13 am - reservations secured: thanksgiving night train to nürnberg, germany.
8:24 am - bakery stop #1. purchase: quarkstollen.
8:39 am - train #2: mainz (germany) to mannheim (germany).
8:47 am - breakfast #2: Brötchen with butter, jam.
9:39 am - train #3: mannheim (germany) to offenburg (germany).
10:34 am - train #4: offenburg (germany) to strasbourg (france).
11:04 am - arrival, strasbourg (france).
11:16 am - bakery stop #2. purchase: french Brötchen.
11:45 am - 2:06 (!) pm - a (very) french lunch amongst friends.
2:06 pm - 3:47 pm - soaking up winter sun in the streets of strasbourg.
3:50 pm - bakery stop #3. purchase: (warm) baguette, almond sable.
4:01 pm - the supermarche. purchase: ingredients for thanksgiving dinner on the train (wine, crackers)
5:00 pm - 6:06 pm - "interview" with prospective employer. (our discussion centers on obama, sarkozy and the social implications of consumerism).
7:15 pm - arrival, strasbourg central train station. i need a beer...
7:46 pm - train #5: strasbourg (france) to karlsruhe (germany).
8:32 pm - arrival in karlsruhe; pit stop at the train station bar for a delicious hefe-dunkel. (i love dunkel beer).
9:01 pm - train #6: karlsruhe (germany) to mannheim (germany).
9:31 pm - train #7: mannheim (germany) to frankfurt (germany).
10:18 pm - train #8: frankfurt (germany) to nürnberg (germany).
12:37 am (the day after thanksgiving) - arrival, nürnberg.

sleep promptly followed.

-jared.