so, i just finished reading "Against the rest of the world" in one sitting and while I'm impressed by you description of the secret intelligence service's fieldwork (I'm actually starting to suspect that you've been working for an SIS yourself but it's

Bahaha! During the two (admittedly brief) months I lived in Germany, I practically lived on the trains and I never once had one not leave on time! I guess the autumn of 2012 was unusually good that way or something?? But especially contrasted with French trains and such, where they won’t even tell you what platform it’s leaving from until 30 seconds before the train actually pulls out, it seems quite amazing, at any rate! :P 

*assumes air of mystery, ignores comment about secret services* >.>

(I’m glad you found the story so binge-worthy! Good luck on your test!)