1.5 days by car vs 2h by plane, I’ll take the plane, thanks. But you do you 😋
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mp3@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
I personally avoid traveling by plane whenever I can, the experience and added stress just isn’t worth the time saved.
jaykay@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
and trains are awesome!
reddig33@lemmy.world 6 months ago
High speed rail is awesome. Amtrak in the US is a slow, lumbering joke.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
You should see rail in Canada, if you have a big bag of money and a LOT of time.
Carighan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Welcome to Germany, where driving a car through the entire country for 8 hours is still a better experience than trying to go anywhere with Deutsche Bahn. 🤮
GBU_28@lemm.ee 6 months ago
American who visited Germany last year:
The DB was insanely good compared to what we get. The app even worked! The twins even arrived generally when they were supposed to!
Carighan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Damn, this makes me dread ever taking a train in the US. 😅
MolochAlter@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Fun fact: i had to take a train through Switzerland and change trains in Germany, on the day a major swiss tunnel collapsed.
I made it to Frankfurt perfectly on time despite having to go around a fucking mountain instead of through it, and still accrued 3 hours of total delay on the remainder, 2 of which were just the train being stuck at the station in Frankfurt itself.
I’ve taken to calling them Scheiße Bahn.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 6 months ago
International trains are fun though. They’re also DB, but they get privilige. I was stuck in Utrecht (NL) once, heading to Arnhem, because a tree fell on the tracks. No trains could go to Arnhem. Until the ICE came. I got to take a detour via S’ Hertogen Bosch. A train taking a detour is pretty unique, but the ICE get’s the privilege to do that. I was 2 hours delayed, but at least I got home.
TheSpermWhale@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You’re not from the UK are you?
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
UK trains are user-fee hell. It’s okay to hate them.