Energy prices are soaring, and inflation is galloping. So, in its abstruse wisdom, our government decided to ease citizens' financial burden for the next three months by suspending taxes on gas(oline) and issuing a Nine Euro Ticket for public transport.
Although gas stations still have gas in their tanks, this morning the big oil companies astonishingly dropped pump prices in line with the tax suspension. Non-obstat that they had increased their prices over the last few days in May.The so-called free gas suppliers were caught
unaware and suffered. They had to follow the price drop of the big oil companies and pay the reduction
out of their own pockets.
Today, on June 1, I traveled back to Freiburg on my Nine Euro Ticket.
While waiting for my RE75 at Oberstdorf station, enjoying a coffee and a croissant, I noted the direct connections by InterCity trains to Hamburg and Dortmund, a must for a tourist resort.
I arrived in Ulm on time and boarded the RE55 to Donaueschingen, only to discover that the one and only toilet on board wasn't working.
DB Regio "Mobilität für Baden-Württemberg" bwegt decided to change the train. All passengers had to leave the old and board new wagons.
But look at the delay we had about midway between Ulm and Donaueschingen. Luckily enough, the S10 to Freiburg runs every hour. So I took the next train and arrived home an hour later than scheduled.
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The other measure, the Nine Euro Ticket, is ein echtes Schnäppchen
(a real bargain). It is valid all over Germany on all public transport
and regional trains but not on express trains (ICE, IC, and EC).
Red Baron has held an annual ticket for regional public transport around Freiburg for a long time. The new subscription was due in June 2022. I went to the Freiburg Verkehrsaktiengesellschaft (VAG), and the lady behind the counter told me to opt for the Nine Euro Ticket from June to August and renew my yearly subscription in September. So I paid 27 Euros and got my three bargain tickets.
Still, in May, Red Baron traveled from Freiburg to Oberstdorf in Bavaria on a normal ticket, which took six and a half hours, with two train changes but ample time between. My brother had his 80th birthday at the well-known resort, offering dinner the evening before and throwing a party on the day proper. My sister-in-law organized it all, my brother's genuine birthday gift.
Red Baron has held an annual ticket for regional public transport around Freiburg for a long time. The new subscription was due in June 2022. I went to the Freiburg Verkehrsaktiengesellschaft (VAG), and the lady behind the counter told me to opt for the Nine Euro Ticket from June to August and renew my yearly subscription in September. So I paid 27 Euros and got my three bargain tickets.
Still, in May, Red Baron traveled from Freiburg to Oberstdorf in Bavaria on a normal ticket, which took six and a half hours, with two train changes but ample time between. My brother had his 80th birthday at the well-known resort, offering dinner the evening before and throwing a party on the day proper. My sister-in-law organized it all, my brother's genuine birthday gift.
Today, on June 1, I traveled back to Freiburg on my Nine Euro Ticket.
While waiting for my RE75 at Oberstdorf station, enjoying a coffee and a croissant, I noted the direct connections by InterCity trains to Hamburg and Dortmund, a must for a tourist resort.
I arrived in Ulm on time and boarded the RE55 to Donaueschingen, only to discover that the one and only toilet on board wasn't working.
DB Regio "Mobilität für Baden-Württemberg" bwegt decided to change the train. All passengers had to leave the old and board new wagons.
But look at the delay we had about midway between Ulm and Donaueschingen. Luckily enough, the S10 to Freiburg runs every hour. So I took the next train and arrived home an hour later than scheduled.
it is always an adventure!
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