Berlin to Prague via Dresden ... or not

Just as my Mom predicted, Alan and I missed our train to Dresden and Prague. We scrambled to get new tickets to Prague since Thursday was a holiday in Germany and everyone was traveling. They said the holiday is called Man's Day, but it's not what it sounds like, but more on that later.

So Alan and I lost our reserved first class train tickets and HAD to purchase unreserved 2nd class tickets. 2nd class isn't so bad, but unreserved is bad! Unreserved means you have to hang out (not sit since there are no seats) in the water closet and storage corridor. Yes, we were sent off to hang out on a 5 hour train ride in the storage area. And yes, we paid an extra 100€ for this.

{ I'm sitting on my luggage, by the trash bins, worth the extra 100 euros! }