OK, so that was perhaps a little mad. Earlier today I spent 5 hours on the train – going from Neuchatel to Zurich and then on the new SBB service via the Gotthard Base Tunnel – to get to Milan, had a coffee with my uncle (who lives and works nearby), gave a 30-minute presentation on Forge and AR/VR at a Meetup, and then spent 4.5 hours on more trains – this time going towards Geneva on the EuroCity (formerly Cisalpino), and then changing at Brig to head via Bern – to get home.
This was the main train there (an Italian train in a Swiss station):
And the main train back (a Swiss train in an Italian station):
I fully knew what I signed up for when I bought the rail ticket, so I really only have myself to blame: with this weekend’s Autodesk Football Tournament and next week’s Forge Accelerator (both held in Barcelona) – coming so soon before our big family trip – I thought it made more sense to take the travel hit than spend another night away.
But enough (completely…