COP28

Now this is interesting. Turns out it is a very different (and _way_ more inclusive) group attending online conferences!

At ESA ESTEC for the CRISTAL Mission Advisory Group meeting. The first flight model parts are already being made! We are still looking at a launch date in 2027! (Image: ESA)

Final leg (6:th since ESRIN). Amsterdam - Leiden. Short 40 minutes on an IC. These run something like every 20 minutes, and there was conveniently one waiting on the platform.

After a 28 hour rest in Frankfurt, time to get moving again. Today's leg 1 (5:th since Frascati): to Amsterdam on ICE158 after extremely confusing platform and train changes in Frankfurt.

Leg 4 Basel - Frankfurt. I could had made it to Amsterdam already with this Nightjet, but will have a long stop in Frankfurt nonetheless.

Leg 3 from Milano to Basel. Trains still look pretty slick! Bit of a shame that I will cross the Alps when it's dark.

Leg 2 Roma Termini - Milano. These Frecciarossa trains make me think Italians sold the crappy Pendolinos to Finland on purpose and kept the nice ones...

First leg to Roma Termini done. 5 or 6 legs to go. Now a few hundred grams of pizza Romana and a bag full of proviant for the next trains.

Getting from ESA ESRIN (in Frascati Italy) to ESTEC (Noordwijk, Netherlands) by train. First leg Tor Vergata - Roma Termini. Stay tuned!