Maybe it’ll be better when I get to Brussels but jeez this first regular business trip in 18 months is frustrating… because it feels I’m wasting time
First the good: my ICE train is on time, very empty, % mask 😷 wearing is good, and I have coffee
But the bad: my alarm went at 5am. I’ve only got to Hagen.
Were I to have flown instead my mood and morals would be even worse, although perhaps I’d have the sense of making more progress
Berlin-Köln-Brussels isn’t a bad rail route per se, but I’ve done it so much over the years I know it like the back of my hand. There’s no discovery in it whatsoever
I need to be careful here. I have a further Brussels (and Bruges) trip end of this month. But I can’t let the future normal be like the old normal - just because we can travel for work again doesn’t mean we should
I also perhaps need to follow the @AndyBTravels@_wrzlbrnft_ lead and mix it up a bit - put in some interim stops in some places to make the trip itself more worthwhile, even if the trip is then longer
Much to ponder…
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🥁 It's been a while... but my diagrams are BACK! 🥁
But this time not #BrexitDiagram, but a new series about the German Bundestag Election - #BTW21 and the diagram series will be #BTW21Diagramm
Here's the first version!
Explained in the 🧵
I will update this diagram up until the 26th September election, and even beyond as well if necessary
High resolution PDF and PNG files of the diagrams in English and German, the @drawio XML, and .ods file for the calculations, will always be available: jonworth.eu/BTW21Diagramm
The diagram aims to illustrate what coalition government Germany is likely to get after the election and - by extension of that - who is likely to be Chancellor
Negotiations are likely to be time consuming and complex...
Aber diesmal nicht #BrexitDiagram, sondern eine neue Serie zur Bundestagswahl - #BTW21 und die Diagrammserie wird den Tag #BTW21Diagramm verwenden
Hier ist die erste Version!
Erklärt in der 🧵
Ich werde dieses Diagramm bis zur Wahl aktualisieren, bei Bedarf auch darüber hinaus
Hochauflösende PDF- und PNG-Dateien der Diagramme auf englisch und auf deutsch, das @drawio XML und die .ods-Datei für die Berechnungen werden immer verfügbar sein: jonworth.eu/BTW21Diagramm
Die Diagramme sollen verdeutlichen, welche Koalitionsregierung Deutschland nach der Wahl voraussichtlich bekommen wird und wer damit voraussichtlich Bundeskanzler wird
Verhandlungen sind wahrscheinlich zeitaufwändig und komplex...
🎉 Those 💉💉 in 🏴 can now prove their vaccination status using QR codes! FINALLY! The system started yesterday... bbc.com/news/uk-scotla…
But how useful is this to prove vaccination status when travelling anywhere?
This morning @Scroggie and I set about working it out!
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Right now, UK as a whole is *still* not fully in EU Digital COVID Pass scheme - even though it applied at the end of July: theguardian.com/world/2021/aug…
This means that if NHS 🏴 QR codes are to work in other countries, those countries have to unilaterally update their apps
I am trying to sort out a Ljubljana - Berlin train trip end of September, and want to do it Ljubljana - Villach, stay the night there, then continue north the following day
The best bet: a💺on EN 40414
But how?
Deutsche Bahn tells me that EN 40414 runs every day, and that it has seats in 2nd class
D. 21:10 Ljubljana
A. 22:49 Villach Hbf
Vagonweb confirms this - 3 seating carriages as far as Villach at least, one of them just Zagreb-Villach Hbf vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak.ph…