Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

let's see if I can make it up Montmartre and to Sacre-Cœur now before I have to take the train to London :)

8/12/2022, 11:07:25 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

first glimpse of it

8/12/2022, 11:20:17 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

okay, I can make it here; don't think I have time to queue and go inside, but that's alright

8/12/2022, 11:27:30 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

good view of Paris though

8/12/2022, 11:29:07 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

pretty funny that they haven't cut down this tree which (I think?) blocks the view from Sacre-Cœur to the Eiffel tower

8/12/2022, 11:33:44 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

(perhaps it's intentional, and if you pay to go up to the roof of the church then you're above the tree and can see it? ^^)

8/12/2022, 11:33:45 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

fountain green

8/12/2022, 11:35:55 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

some annoying salespeople/scammers around the base of the area but fortunately I'm not quite as much of a pushover as I used to be ^^

8/12/2022, 11:44:59 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

anyway, nice ensemble overall

8/12/2022, 11:45:06 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

made it back in time to embark on (probably) my first Eurostar trip, let's see how that goes

8/12/2022, 11:59:06 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

(there's a bronze statue in front but I don't remember if France has FOP so I didn't include it in the photo)

8/12/2022, 11:59:07 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

they've done a lot to make this feel like a plane flight (that's not a compliment), including how you have to arrive an hour in advance

8/12/2022, 12:12:36 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

like seriously did they get airline/airport companies to design this thing? so much of the infrastructure and terminology sounds like an airport, it's bizarre

8/12/2022, 1:03:58 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

I managed to end up at the wrong "terminal" due to confusing signage and had to jog along the platform to the right carriage >.<

8/12/2022, 1:04:03 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

no masks to speak of on the Eurostar either 😕 https://twitter.lucaswerkmeister.de/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1557386371710570505

8/12/2022, 1:04:04 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

if only there was some sort of international agreement to skip all those controls 🤔 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurostar#New_destinations

8/12/2022, 1:27:54 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

I'm in the tunnel now :o

8/12/2022, 2:41:52 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

and we're out of the tunnel \o/

8/12/2022, 2:58:59 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

arriving in London! (St. Pancras)

8/12/2022, 3:29:18 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

there it is

8/12/2022, 3:39:32 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

exterior looks strange for a train station though (imho)

8/12/2022, 4:05:22 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

anyway, made it to Paddington, now I have about an hour to spend here

8/12/2022, 4:05:27 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

hah, that's amazing! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pancras_Renaissance_London_Hotel#Media_appearances https://twitter.com/crablabuk/status/1558093089281134592

8/12/2022, 4:27:22 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

this whole journey is also filling me with a deep, burning hatred of wifi captive portals

8/12/2022, 5:15:55 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

if you want to require a password, please just fucking use WPA2 instead of rolling your own bullshit

if you want to offer free wifi, just do it! it's already illegal to do illegal shit! you *do not* need me to tick a box agreeing that I won't do illegal shit on your network!!

8/12/2022, 5:15:56 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

part of my frustration is due to Android, which apparently forgets how to do captive portals when they don't work right away, the network just becomes "without internet" even if you remove & re-add it... let's see if rebooting the phone helps 😖

(but still, fuck captive portals)

8/12/2022, 5:15:58 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

when you're playing chess with Cary and want him to move the king and rook at once

8/12/2022, 6:43:32 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

not seeing a lot of masks on British trains either btw. didn't realize Germany was such an outsider in this regard o_O

8/12/2022, 7:12:04 PM

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