German efficiency fails us

So after hanging out with our son in Berlin for a few days, we set off early this morning for the journey to Warsaw.

Got to Ostbahnhof station at 9am only to find that our train to Frankfurt (Oder), where we were due to pick up the mainline to Warsaw, had been cancelled. Not only was the substitute suburban service slow but it stopped short of it’s destination at Erkner, where we were due to catch another train to Frankfurt (Oder).

So we were dumped on a platform in the middle of nowhere where a bus replacement service was eventually offered but it actually involved 2 buses and the scramble to get on the first one was chaotic.

Thinking quickly we booked an Uber to Erkner, instead of the buses, and offered a ride to a German army guy who had been helping us navigate all these changes.

It means that we have to get a later train to Warsaw and arrive 2hr later than planned :(

Well I suppose that is the adventure and romance of inter-rail!