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Post #AvhBb6agCxKcx3AvCq by [email protected] |
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Right! Let's get this thread (and this journey!) started!Welcome to today&#… |
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Post #AvhBb6iTjxZPLEp9MW by [email protected] |
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Here's today's #CrossBorderRail music trackTrain pour BandolSnoozIt'… |
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Post #AvhBb6pvIHWbiKJ5xw by [email protected] |
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And here's this morning's intro video, complete with Josette 🐈https:… |
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Post #AvhBb6wIuYd427IBua by [email protected] |
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#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 60 of 158TER 9137106:39 Nuits-sous-Ravières - Mo… |
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Post #AvhBb732VW16N0RZPU by [email protected] |
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TER 9137106:39 Nuits-sous-Ravières - Montbard 06:48Distance: 18.2kmAverage spe… |
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Post #AvhBb79m6TP8htawuO by [email protected] |
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#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 61 of 158TGV 676007:05 Montbard - Paris Gare de L… |
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Post #AvhBb7HZdTdv65FB44 by [email protected] |
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Quick recap of what I am seeking to find on these #CrossBorderRail journeys: ht… |
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Post #AvhBb7P1Bnb7TAj7fU by [email protected] |
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As I roll into Gare de Lyon I check my departures from Gare de l‘Est. All smo… |
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Post #AvhBb7W6lRGjpA2mie by [email protected] |
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Total chaos boarding the TGV Duplex at EstHigh clueless tourist % who can’t f… |
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Post #AvhBb7bmQLo26khJYm by [email protected] |
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And two passengers with headscarves, and three ethnic minority people in my ca… |
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Post #AvhBb7iA2cuUQXgPVQ by [email protected] |
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Also - logically - I beat the rush to get to the TGV by identifying the only TG… |
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Post #AvhBb7pbawrgndAM6q by [email protected] |
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Very unpleasant situation in the TGVWoman in front of me gets on, slams down th… |
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Post #AvhBb7whAaXJ9cU1A0 by [email protected] |
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I then in French tell her she can go find another seat if she likes She then te… |
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Post #AvhBb83QlXvLUVdOeu by [email protected] |
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And your behaviour is very German! she screams back at meNo I say, in Germany p… |
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Post #AvhBb89SP8kDnCSD3I by [email protected] |
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By now the train is on the high speed line and 🥁 the sun isn’t on her any … |
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Post #AvhBb8Fq1Pqg6zRIzw by [email protected] |
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Also ultimately here neither position - blind up or down - is more right or wro… |
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Post #AvhBb8Lrf0fYPgG7OK by [email protected] |
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HaSomeone walks along the corridor and at the moment the person passes the lady… |
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Post #AvhBb8QTNsM6dyPnZg by [email protected] |
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TGV 676007:05 Montbard - Paris Gare de Lyon 08:09Distance: 215.5kmAverage speed… |
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Post #AvhBb8RtIbUQiN4vmi by [email protected] |
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#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 62 of 158TGV 955109:06 Paris Est - Frankfurt (Mai… |
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Post #AvhBb8bohhQhD9irFw by [email protected] |
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TGV 955109:06 Paris Est - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf (via Saarbrücken) 12:59Distance… |
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Post #AvhBb8iYIeojY2sEkq by [email protected] |
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Meanwhile via @LachAnonym news about a line I visited a fortnight ago: https://… |
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Post #AvhBb8pHtcClsw1cFk by [email protected] |
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Meanwhile re. the window blind argument: the blind is 80% open, because the sun… |
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Post #AvhBb8vfVtJECj0iCO by [email protected] |
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Ok here we goForbach, last French stationTwo Bundespolizei ready to board…�… |
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Post #AvhBb92P6qhGXcA5hI by [email protected] |
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AhNow another passenger with a headscarf boards at SaarbrückenIf the Bubdespol… |
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Post #AvhBb98mj7nirP9Bdw by [email protected] |
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And we have a posse of German retired people talking loudly. That’s very Germ… |
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Post #AvhBb9FALOuBBC8Haa by [email protected] |
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Counting my railway lives here…🐈⬛ 🐈⬛ ❌ Diversion via Darmst… |
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Post #AvhBb9LXxg0dUz7NXE by [email protected] |
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Ahhhh✅ Got to Frankfurt with enough time to get my onward train🧳 Three eld… |
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Post #AvhBb9RvZx75om6TTs by [email protected] |
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Americans in the next train. They exclaim when they sit down “But how were we… |
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Post #AvhBb9RvZx75om6TTt by [email protected] |
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So the answer is: they’ll at least try controlling on the moving trainBut if … |
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Post #AvhBb9V7O5fJyfb1SC by [email protected] |
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They open food“This is Germany. They don’t know what salad is!”Errrrrr…… |
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Post #AvhBb9cYwPcWLl4y3c by [email protected] |
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#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 63 of 158ICE 62713:54 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf - Nür… |
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Post #AvhBb9l4QmQSm93lJo by [email protected] |
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ICE 62713:54 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf - Nürnberg Hbf 15:56Distance: 226.1kmAverage… |
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Post #AvhBb9ro1joV72D8oi by [email protected] |
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This is outright hypocrisy from Tusk"Auch an der Grenze zum östlichen Nac… |
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Post #AvhBb9xpfKdNPj1xD6 by [email protected] |
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#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 64 of 158RE 33 (5291)16:37 Nürnberg Hbf - Cheb 1… |
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Post #AvhBbA4ZGI1PkcBKi0 by [email protected] |
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RE 33 (5291)16:37 Nürnberg Hbf - Cheb 18:23Distance: 151.2kmAverage speed: 86k… |
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Post #AvhBbABepvh26bUzlA by [email protected] |
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In the next train there are 5 Belgian (Walloon) men opposite me“I’m looking… |
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Post #AvhBbAJSMvvoUn9Duq by [email protected] |
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Joys of #CrossBorderRail We’re +8But the Czechs don’t know it until we cros… |
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Post #AvhBbAQBxtJqpgIbPk by [email protected] |
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But #CrossBorderRail worked well enough. Bit of sprinting and I’m onto the Ch… |
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Post #AvhBbAWvYqhtAZRyue by [email protected] |
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Ok, a pollWhen you hear goulash, what do you think? |
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Post #AvhBbAe18UNVWYldxo by [email protected] |
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@jon It's both, but they're different dishes. Hungarian goulash is a so… |
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Post #AvhY7q1T1gBI7Aia8W by [email protected] |
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#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 65 of 158IC 56518:33 Cheb - Praha hl. n. 21:22ČD… |
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Post #AvhY7q8ua08UUGCWjw by [email protected] |
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IC 56518:33 Cheb - Praha hl. n. 21:22Distance: 212.9kmAverage speed: 76km/h6 st… |
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Post #AvhY7qG09do6qFWBn6 by [email protected] |
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There’s even #BeerOnTrainsAnd it’s half cold |
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Post #AvhY7qMNluuZA2VHjk by [email protected] |
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Train managers in Central Europe have a very particular style of footwear: leat… |
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Post #AvhY7qUXHbQvZKJnRg by [email protected] |
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@jon A crude version of a "Budapester"? Would make sense geographical… |
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Post #AvhY7qbypvO7wPnk36 by [email protected] |
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@emb_cit not quite. There are more perforations here, for ventilation. |
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Post #AvhY7qiMSCUaGCmpzk by [email protected] |
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@jon @emb_cit Can't have a stinky foot trainman |
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Post #AvhY7rN80d6OIdrOXQ by [email protected] |
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I’m not someone who lives with regrets. The decisions I’ve taken in life we… |
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Post #AvhY7s0TeKZsGgGos4 by [email protected] |
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I dread to think how hot it is out thereBut from this quiet, comfortable, on ti… |
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Post #AvhY7sYVbnndyEBzuq by [email protected] |
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Ahhhhh 😎This is totally how to travel |
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Post #AvhY7t43iV2LY4xC5o by [email protected] |
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And when it’s 40°c in some railbus in Hungary next week, or I’m slogging a… |
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Post #AviznsuZZG2Z9nj8RE by [email protected] |
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@jon it's easy, give it a try :) |
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@filiplachert @jon Hardly too late! (Even if it's probably not that easy, y… |
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Post #Avizu1TSe1jlS2yMZk by [email protected] |
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@jon Gotta wonder what's gonna happen when Arriva vlaky is supposed to take… |
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Post #AvizuTteyDKZbPRgIa by [email protected] |
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@HaTetsu I know Interrail are working on solving the Arriva problem. I don’t … |
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Post #Avizup1ARUoX6m7TPs by [email protected] |
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@pony don’t the Hungarians claim goulash? |
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Post #Avizup7u2SCZRfGqum by [email protected] |
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@jon @pony ...No? We eat goulash all over Central Europe (your definition of Ce… |
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@HaTetsu @pony @maartje you can get it in plenty of places in Berlin too. But I… |
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@jon @pony Hmm, not me, the association with home is much stronger.Prague has k… |
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@jon What the article does not mention is that there are apparently right-winge… |
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@jon That's a way of talking about the all-important "can miss X train… |
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@jon @LachAnonym It should be noted that the stated reason for the Krościenko … |
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@jon don't forget the vital"it is absolutely necessary that 22% of the… |
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Post #Avj02fVRgro3vQ1W5I by [email protected] |
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@bovine3dom @jon For double decker high speed trains, this ratio is probably un… |
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@partim i like loco hauled trains too, but for high speed they're necessari… |
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Post #AvlTmHLz6iKTKCcR9M by [email protected] |
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@jon Missing the Mandatory #tgvtuesday hashtag 🙃 |
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@jon I think of footwear. |
