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I made it to Wien, believe it or not, and I sure felt very lucky to have done so completely unscathed. Hell, hardly even inconvenienced at this point!
This article is a continuation of a previous one. Please check out the part one article if you haven’t already, and start from the beginning.
The 20 minute delay became 40, then eventually a little over an hour. “No problem,” I thought. “Still better than NJ Transit on a good day.” So I boarded the second half of the train, which was originally supposed to go to Vienna, via Salzburg and Linz.
I attended Open Source Summit 2024 in Europe, which took place in Vienna (Wien), Austria from the 16th-18th of September, 2024. A few days before then, I flew out from Miami International Airport (MIA) destined for Zürich Airport (ZRH). The original plan was to fly direct to/from Zürich, and travel to and from Vienna on the train to avoid the connecting flight. The specific train I was catching in both directions was the Transalpin train EC163/EC164, so that I could enjoy the mountain views along the way. Coincidentally, this was also the fastest train route (just under 8 hours each way), so it seemed like the perfect plan…
