[Comm2011] My trip to Paranal toubled

[Edwin A. Valentyn]

Dear all,

On my way to the airport my train was involved in a serious accident 
while driving 140 km/hour,  1 fatal victim , passengers were OK but 
shocked.

So, I made it only 40km from home.. (Beilen)  The police did not allow 
us to leave the train and we were stuck for more then two hours.   After 
all, the train could slowly drive to Zwolle, another 60 km.  After all 
these delays there was no way to make it in time to the airport.  I 
would have taken  the 150km  taxiride if we would have allowed to leave 
the train. There were no alternative flights tonight.
After a complicated return journey I'm  back at home now.
Obviously,  I cannot arrive at Santiago Tuesday morning. Parlogs, can 
you please inform taxi, guesthouse.

Since my ticket was booked by a travel agency (closed on monday-holiday) 
KLM could only partly help me, and at this moment I have no idea how I 
can make  the travel, and re-use my ticket- Extra complication is that 
the same flight does not fly tomorrow.
I really regret all this and I'll inform you as soon as I can.

regards
Edwin

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