ICE 506 from Munich to Berlin

This train left on time at 1159 from Munich. It was supposed to be a 5 hr and 30 minutes journey.

The first stop out of Munich was Nuremberg. I remember this name from the movie Judgment at Nuremberg, a black and white I enjoyed very much. It seems Nuremberg was the place the Nazis had their massive rallies in the 1930s. The Nuremberg laws of 1935, stripping the Jews of German citizenship were named after this place too. The war crimes tribunal hearing the cases against the Germans who committed war crimes was based here.

After Nuremberg, everything was smooth until the train stopped at Leipzig station. There is a scheduled 30 minutes stop here. So I was just sitting in the train for that period.

After that, unexpectedly, the train stopped at a small station. There was a medical emergency to one of the passengers and an ambulance was called. When the passenger was eventually taken off the train, we departed with a 40 minutes delay. Sigh. Arrived at Berlin station at 6pm.

My cab driver to the hotel was a pleasant young man from Palestine.

I got off at the Berlin Sudkreuz station instead of the Main Station. My general impression was that the southern part of Berlin,where this station was located, up till near the hotel must have been part of the Communist east as it looked run down. My hotel at Potsdam seems to be on the edge of all the shopping areas and the attractions.