Maybe my memory is failing me, but I don’t recall the German train workers ever going on strike when I lived in this country in the 90s. These days the German trains are going the way of the French and Italian, with multiple strikes in the same month. A 48-hour one started this morning, conveniently coinciding with a big old snow storm. It’s being called “the biggest train strike in German history”. Extra cars on the road plus snow and ice… makes me happy to just stay here. Not that we could go anywhere anyway, since rental cars are all booked.
We had to cancel plans to go visit friends in another city, and instead are just hoping to make it back to Zurich in time to catch our flight to the US.
I think for a long time the courts didn’t allow them to strike. (I’m not sure why – maybe their demands weren’t determined to be reasonable.) But, at some point more recently, they decided that striking was allowed.
well, well… such things are the price to pay if you leave switzerland.. 😛 (just kidding)
Fingers crossed you make your flight!!
Seriously, I’m being punished for leaving Switzerland…