Note the see-through NightJet that clearly arrived right on time

(30 min delay, I'm gonne sleep on it)

edit: 37 min delay now. I need to pee (not bad enough to pay for it, and peeing for free is not an easy thing in #Munich )

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I'd love to come back and spend a full day at the Deutsches Museum, to be followed by another full day in the English Garden park.

What I didn't end up loving is that hard to define and very individual "vibe" of a city. And unfortunately for a visit of less than ten hours that bit is all I had time for

️ and stuff.

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A large % of cars here are new & expensive (and hardly ever electric). And the parking facilities show people clearly use them to reach into the city.

I'm now looking forward to Hamburg tomorrow. It's not that it lacks these issues but somehow I *feel* they're less extreme.

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On the way here I looked up some places to visit. Otherwise my preferred way of exploring by walking around failed me. Unfortunately Munich really is a car infested city.

For reasons I don't understand even the old centre is not free of it. Leaving pedestrian areas as little nunataks where you can happily BE but not happily cross between.

In such a big rich city I expected better. It's a shame as there's amazing potential.

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The Scientology signs read "we are using only 10% of our intellectual potential"

I could not resist the snark to comment "just believe the signs and move along"

Everything comes full circle at one time or another.

I definitely prefer the dangly tram or a proper train.

It was only when I read this article I discovered that seeing something with your «minds eye» was *not* a metaphor…

Munich has.. a trailer box for people, tied to a city bus and yeeted around town?

Now. Who am I to judge: maybe this truly is the best fit for Munich and the future of global transportation.

That said: wtf. Vecbus?

edit: at primary school they'd chunk us all in a trailer behind a tractor and we'd visit a farm of some parent and sit on a cow. Boom yearly school trip done . This reminds me of that.

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https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_Bus

Edit: the "original" was a bit further on the route and at first pretended to not understand or have heard of the store-brand. Eventually they did: "bad people, I don't trust them and think their practisre dangerous but you are of course a free person."

Store-brand or original, in the end all harmful shit from the same source.

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Being confrontation-adverse myself, I applaude your action but I would seriously hesitate to speak up, too.

Obnoxious assholes tend to get unpleasant or even agressive when confronted with their behaviour.

Like, I see how it's actually really practical. But I can also visualise* how if the entire-train-transport-thingy turns out to be a sham this can be remodelled into an Amazon fulfilment centre within a week.

*Considering I don't do internal imagery that means a lot

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