Mr Bean on the Train

I have just spent my weekend near Dresden with my dear student Astrid – and decided to take the train as I really didn’t fancy the long drive. Of course, true to form, the train was delayed and the other passengers started sighing …

To cheer everyone up, I opened my laptop and showed them a funny presentation by another student in Hamburg. Her task in the lesson had been to create a presentation in the form of a recipe – not for food, but for life, and hers was: How to survive German trains and feel joy in the centre of chaos.

Her “ingredients” were perfect: comfortable shoes, a layered look, headphones, a good book as well as tasty snacks and plenty to drink. The “method” was simple but wise and included keeping calm, going with the flow and not forgetting to laugh.

After my fellow passengers had read the presentation (and improved their English skills 😊), we came up with the idea of Mr Bean setting up camp in the train, cooking his dinner on his small stove and cutting a hole in the floor for “emergencies” as the train facilities were “out of order” …

We laughed so much, we forgot we were delayed :-). Astrid then asked the magic question of what ChatGPT would do with the idea … we tried it out and just loved the result (see illustration). By the way, the train home yesterday was punctual so we must not give up hope.