Freyja is a shelter dog, but we got her at 13 weeks old. She’s 2 years old now, but her whole life has been in the desert suburbs of Albuquerque. So safe to say she’s never been on public transportation before.

This Saturday we decided to try to take the S-Bahn somewhere, just to work the system. I suggested Homburg since it’s close by in the neighboring state of Saarland, and the train goes right to it.

I checked that Freyja could ride with us, but she would need a ticket since she’s larger than a cat. After some debate on whether to actually take her this time or not, her sad puppy eyes convinced us, and we set out for the train station with Freyja in tow.

The station itself was a bit weird for her, and she was very alert to everything. We boarded the train without issue, and she actually settled in pretty ok. A man heading by us asked to pet her and asked how old she was, and she loved the attention.

After the short train ride we disembarked in Homburg and proceeded to explore for a couple hours, stopping at an ice cream shop (Freyja got no ice cream), and had lunch at a burger place (Freyja got water, a fry, and a bit of prosciutto; the burgers were so good we forgot to give her some).

Both we and Freyja had enough after lunch, so we headed back home on the train, adventure a great success! Freyja slept the rest of the day, she was worn out!