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Germany 2022 : 2022-09-17 : Barge: End of Trip

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Travel
Type	Name	Service Provider	Origin	Destination	Cost	Notes	Actions
Train	Berlin 24-Hour Transit Ticket				$25.00	Two 24-hour Transit Tickets for Berlin

Activity
Type	Name	Description	Service Provider	Cost	Kms	To Date	Total	Notes	Actions
Tour	End of Bike and Barge Tour			$0.00				After breakfast, disembarkation until 9:00 am and individual trip home.

Accommodation
Type	Name	Service Provider	Confirmation	Location	Cost	Notes	Actions
Bed and Breakfast	Chic room with direct access to Berlin	Air BnB		Blankenfelde-Mahlow	$0.00	Canceled 2022-08-03 due to dog on premises.
Bed and Breakfast	Cozy hut/ A-frame house	Air BnB		Brandenburg	$390.01	Host: Mario Cost is for four nights. 219.13 paid 2022/08/03. Balance to be charge on Sept 2 Check-in 15:00, Checkout 10:00 Confirmed no dogs or cats on 2022-08-03

Trip Log

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Checking off of the boat this morning was easy peasy. We both agree that while it was a fine trip, Bike and Barge isn’t really our bag. We prefer self-supported and can’t wait for our tour next year.
One of my best-laid plans fell to pieces today. The Berlin airport is quite a long way out from the city. A long time ago I booked us into an Airbnb in a suburb that is near the airport. Before we left Canada I realized I had forgotten to confirm there were no fur people at the place. Well, turned out there were, so I canceled that place and booked us another Airbnb close to the airport. Because that’s the smart thing to do, right? The subway ride to the airport would only be about ten minutes, and it’s about a 10-minute walk to the local subway station. Well, when we started trying to make our way to the Airbnb today, oddly, the options I had before no longer came up. The Mahlow station just wasn’t in play anymore. We actually saw this one other time on this trip - back when we were trying to travel through Stuttgart and suddenly the Stuttgart station wasn’t available. Guido had told us about the station being unavailable due to a construction project. Same thing here. The Mahlow station is under construction so our train no longer runs all the way through - it terminates at Lichtenrade. Using my handy-dandy data plan I found information that indicated there is a service replacement bus (SEV) that goes from Lichtenrade to Mahlow, but we could not find it for love nor money. The Lichtenrade station is also under heavy construction and you are directed out to a bus loop. We scoured the bus loop looking for any indication of where to catch our SEV. None of the posted schedules looked right. I asked a bus driver and he indicated around the corner. We went around the corner and there were actually some little guiding foot prints on the sidewalk indicating the SEV. We followed those around the corner, but no sign or schedule. We noticed a few more foot prints across the street so we went over there, but still, no sign or schedule. I noticed a few people walking off in the general direction and theorized that they were going to the SEV. Brent thought they were just headed off to the apartment buildings over there. We pondered options and decided on walking the 4km to our Airbnb. It was nice enough out and we weren’t in a rush. Repeating it every time we wanted to go somewhere wouldn’t be viable, though, so we really needed to find that SEV. The construction also seems to have messed with our trip to the airport, so we need an alternate for that too. Our Airbnb host told me where to find the SEV in Mahlow, so we walked over there and rode it to Lichtenrade. That’s how we discovered that it does, in fact, stop on the other side of the station (where I’d seen people walking earlier). Then, we caught the 600 from the same bus stop in Mahlow. It takes us over to Wassmansdorf, where it’s a quick one-stop ride on the subway to the airport. It’s not super duper because the 600 only runs once an hour, but it’ll do, and we have alternatives we can use if necessary.

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Checking off of the boat this morning was easy peasy. We both agree that while it was a fine trip, Bike and Barge isn’t really our bag. We prefer self-supported and can’t wait for our tour next year.

One of my best-laid plans fell to pieces today. The Berlin airport is quite a long way out from the city. A long time ago I booked us into an Airbnb in a suburb that is near the airport. Before we left Canada I realized I had forgotten to confirm there were no fur people at the place. Well, turned out there were, so I canceled that place and booked us another Airbnb close to the airport. Because that’s the smart thing to do, right? The subway ride to the airport would only be about ten minutes, and it’s about a 10-minute walk to the local subway station.

Well, when we started trying to make our way to the Airbnb today, oddly, the options I had before no longer came up. The Mahlow station just wasn’t in play anymore. We actually saw this one other time on this trip - back when we were trying to travel through Stuttgart and suddenly the Stuttgart station wasn’t available. Guido had told us about the station being unavailable due to a construction project. Same thing here. The Mahlow station is under construction so our train no longer runs all the way through - it terminates at Lichtenrade. Using my handy-dandy data plan I found information that indicated there is a service replacement bus (SEV) that goes from Lichtenrade to Mahlow, but we could not find it for love nor money. The Lichtenrade station is also under heavy construction and you are directed out to a bus loop. We scoured the bus loop looking for any indication of where to catch our SEV. None of the posted schedules looked right. I asked a bus driver and he indicated around the corner. We went around the corner and there were actually some little guiding foot prints on the sidewalk indicating the SEV. We followed those around the corner, but no sign or schedule. We noticed a few more foot prints across the street so we went over there, but still, no sign or schedule. I noticed a few people walking off in the general direction and theorized that they were going to the SEV. Brent thought they were just headed off to the apartment buildings over there. We pondered options and decided on walking the 4km to our Airbnb. It was nice enough out and we weren’t in a rush. Repeating it every time we wanted to go somewhere wouldn’t be viable, though, so we really needed to find that SEV.

The construction also seems to have messed with our trip to the airport, so we need an alternate for that too.

Our Airbnb host told me where to find the SEV in Mahlow, so we walked over there and rode it to Lichtenrade. That’s how we discovered that it does, in fact, stop on the other side of the station (where I’d seen people walking earlier). Then, we caught the 600 from the same bus stop in Mahlow. It takes us over to Wassmansdorf, where it’s a quick one-stop ride on the subway to the airport. It’s not super duper because the 600 only runs once an hour, but it’ll do, and we have alternatives we can use if necessary.

Photos

Our adorable AirBnB
Dining room
Bedroom upstairs
The danged construction zone

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