I biked from the suburban Vienna pension to the underground, loaded the bike on it, and debarked a kilometer from Westbahnhof station. The bike was loaded onto an express train for a seven hour journey to Frankfurt central station, walked around the corner to a waiting hotel, then walked back the same route early this morning. I put it on an S (suburban) train, and got off at the airport. The bike was repacked, with a switch in Cincy. Back in Louisville, there was a theoretical possibility of finding TARC connections to New Albany, and without the case, I might have pedaled home.
But you know the rest of the story: Diana picked me up, and home we went. How much again are we planning on spending to build more bridges for more traffic, and more sprawl requiring more bridges ...
One more thing before I collapse into delirium: Jeff Gillenwater is a saint, and his work here for the past three and a half weeks speaks for itself. Dinner and drinks for Bluegill and Karen at Bistro New Albany are on me, all night, as soon as a date opens up. After all, we can walk home -- even without a truly civilized country's public transportation.
P.S.
Calling Tabitha ... what's the story in Thailand?
I got a word into Tabitha right after it happened and she was clueless, as was everyone. It's just now morning over there, so everyone is waking up and finding out what happened and in their meeting this morning @ 9am they are going to discuss what's happening and she's going to post something on her blog when she finds out more.
ReplyDeleteThus far, she's still trying to get the hang of translating, so she hasn't quite figured out what they are saying on TV there.
She's updated her blog with as much as she can say from within Thailand:
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She has also mentioned that all TV stations have been shut down (except for the military channel broadcasting images of the king, looping endlessly), all newspapers have been shut down, and all satellite providers that provided Western news channels (CNN, MSNBC and the likes) have all been pulled.
Seems like it cut off the link, so lets take another crack at that:
ReplyDeleteFreedom From and Freedom To. . .
Welcome back.
ReplyDeleteAs for the job Jeff did while you were gone, well, I would gently suggest that you not leave the country again. "We" may have to change the order of contributor names on NA Confidential.
I'm concurring, Iamhoosier. Best stay put for a while, which should be easier 'cuz the money's all gone.
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