The first weeks of 2014

It is amazing how time flies by. Charlotte walks around, talks in her baby language, but it gets more and more understandable (a few words)... It is in the middle of winter and we had no real snow so far. Not even really cold weather, just 1 inch of snow for 1 day and about -8C for a short time. Crazy. Next weekend it should reach 18C !! I guess when we don't think about winter anymore, we will hit the white snow :-)
But using the public Transportation (VVS / DB ) here in and around Stuttgart turns to a real problem. I am using the monthly ticket since three years now. But in the past year the trains were more and more NOT on time. Mainly technical reasons. It is really getting worse. 5 minutes delay are the normal delay when I use the S2/S3 and S1 trains.
Sometimes 20 minutes or more. Or a train is not coming at all, without notice.
Well, I was complaining already and VVS tells me, the DB (Deutsch Bahn) is responsible for the trains etc. We will see how long I can stand that...