I get tired of Berlin and feel the need to leave the city. I was on my way to Offenburg to meet a friend from Austin that was visiting her family there. We had plans to see the Black Forest and castles for a few days. I didn't want to purchase the $100 4 hour Express train ticket so I got myself into the 29 Euro weekend pass that taught me a very valuable lesson. 14 hours, 5 train changes, 2 cucumber and butter bagettes, and 1 disgruntled german teenager later I'm dropped in Offenburg 20 minutes late at 12:20am. I had no sleep on any of the trains and had only eaten what I listed in 14 hours and was looking forward to seeing my friend Z. Well, they left when my train didn't arrive, didn't want to come back in the rain, and I was left without a ride. Offenburg, fyi, is a tiny little town that has street lights congregated around the train station only. Everything including the 1 hotel's lobby closed early, no cabbies were around, no hostels to be found. It was pretty cold and I only had summer clothes and that light jacket you see. I'm cold, a bottle of soymilk had broken in one of my bags, tired, hungry, and the only other heartbeat had a better idea of how he wanted to spend his evening. I called Smitty in tears and heard his tale of how he had just finished wakeboarding in 90 degree beautiful Lake Travis, weee. I hung up and walked to said Creepo who worked at the station when the next train left for Zurich, my next destination. We figured we couldn't communicate so he attempted to kiss me. Fish lipped, puckered, and in my face fast I jolted my arm to get him away and got out of there fast. The next train to Zurich wasn't until 4:30 AM, 4 hours away! I stuffed myself into a baggage locker to get some resemblence of sleep and waited out the ride. This is my happy arse just before the train arrived.