We left Frankfurt bright and early in the morning on the ICE train bound for Berlin. We had to change trains in Berlin for the train to take us to Warsaw.
Berlin is huge and there are many train stations. We arrived in Berlin Central and we alighted from the train. When looking at the board we were surprised that our Warsaw train was departing 10 minutes earlier than what was printed on our ticket.
We got on the train and then discovered that we should have taken the ICE train two stops further to catch the Warsaw Intercity train from there, 10 minutes later. So, that's where our 10 minutes went. Fortunately it didnt matter as the Warsaw train stopped at both of these stations.
Our first journey was 4 hours on the train and the second train was nearly 5 hours. A long day, but very pleasant.
it was interesting to watch the changing scenery. Looking out the window between Frankfurt and Berlin I spotted a castle on the hill.
Later on the Intercity train to Warsaw rolling through the Polish countryside it reminded me very much of rural Russia. Littered with communist style derelict buildings, former factories crumbling and with broken windows. Blocks of pale dreary looking flats, abandoned and derelict. Half built houses also abandoned. Machinery rusting and lying by the side of the tracks. Piles of broken bricks, glass and other junk littering the fields.
It all looks extremely poor and the roads are incredibly pot holed. There was plenty of agriculture though. What looked like wheat and corn mostly.
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| Frankfurt train station |
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| Castle I spotted from the train somewhere near Berlin |
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| Berlin Centrale |
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| Berlin Hauptbahnhoff |
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| Me on the train to Warsaw |
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