Train 5: Essen to Hamburg

10 minutes late arriving… less stressful than the disappearance from the platform board! Plain Jane train. Folding half table design could be the “this one trick” that the Eurostar needs. Reading lights are a bright touch. Fewer Sunday night/World Cup final night travellers. Picnic smorgasbord. Passing smallholdings with donkeys. A crane walking in a grassy field. All tired, all nervous for tomorrow’s epic 4am start. Arrived on time to exciting waterways and a hectic station. No time for hamburgers.