I commiserate with you. I'm so glad you have enough left to get back, otherwise I imagine you would be having to beg from the nearest consulate. Perhaps they would loan you some money anyway? It may be worth a try.

This brings me in mind of the time I nearly missed my ferry home across the North Sea and was running down the road to catch it when a taxi pulled over for me. When he dropped me off at the ferry I was embarassed at not having enough foreign currency left to pay the fare, but he didn't seem to mind, and seemed happy when I just gave him what I had. I doubt that a railway ticket office would be so understanding, though.

Not fun being stuck with a diet of biscuits and water except for breakfast. I suppose, looking on the bright side, most of us could stand to lose a few pounds, but even so...