We flew from Chicago O’Hare to Dusseldorf, W. Germany. On our arrival we had planned to take the first train to Auchen, W. Germany. We missed the train to Auchen, so we got on a train to Cologne, which wasn’t far from Auchen. When we got to Cologne, we discovered the trains to Auchen were delayed and I remember standing (freezing) on the platform trying to figure out what they were saying in German. We were naive and a bit scared. What had we gotten ourselves into.

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