Misadventures on the Deutsche Bahn Part II

Meg and I needed to go shop for food for the dinner/drinks party she threw on Saturday, so we hopped on a train that should have taken us directly to Westlar through Giesen. Well, to give them credit- it did go through Giesen at least. In Geisen, the train split into 2. The back half of the train went to Westlar. We were in the front half. So we went almost all the way to Marburg, nowhere anywhere near where we should have been. Ugh.

We decided, once we realized the mistake, to get off at the next stop and just go back to where we needed to be. There was even a train at the station. However, by the time we ran to the other platform it was pulling away. After a quick check of the schedule we found that the next train didn’t come for a whole hour.

Here is what we saw when we got off the train. It was not encouraging :s This was the platform at the station. yikes.

Fronhausen Train Station

After wandering a town so small that even a one horse town could scoff at it, we found a Liquor store. It was only about 25 meters away from the paddock of lowing cattle we discovered. There was even a guy leading a pair of horses and a tractor driving down the main street. I couldn’t even make this up if I was trying. It was this rural. And there was nothing to do. For an hour. Ugh.Cows in Fronhausen

Guy leading his horses down the street in Fronhausen

However, at the liquor store we found some amusement- we bought coke in full sized glass bottles and also a cheap bottle of decent champagne- so I suppose the side trip was not a complete waste of time.