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Travel thread time!This one is going to be chaotic. In lieu of a plan I have an… | |
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@partim have an enjoyable trip! I’m also having train fun today…and if you … | |
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@moof Thanks! And enjoy your trip, too!I’m hoping to be south of the Alps by … | |
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@partim that seems like a sensible idea. May the Bahn be with you. | |
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@partim Truly living on the edge! Spontaneous travel in July.(But yeah, with In… | |
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@tml Had a quick look at Lugano and it doesn’t look too bad. But I’ll only … | |
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@partim We have stayed twice in Albergo Montarina right above the Lugano statio… | |
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Self OH: “I think I’ll go straight to Italy. Trains are more reliable there… | |
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The person in the row before me is studying an Interrail paper map.Welcome to t… | |
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Arriva is doing shenanigans. First train is for Kerkrade, second for Aachen whi… | |
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Welcome to Germany: The train from Aachen to Köln is kaputt and cancelled. The… | |
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Of course the man in a suit with the big tablet in front of him started an angr… | |
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Decision time for the next leg to Frankfurt Airport. I need the 12:27 ICE from … | |
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Right. Not sure how “every single seat reserved” qualifies as “low demand… | |
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That’s better. Got an unreserved proper window seat. Backwards for now, but w… | |
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@partim I’m about 3 hours away from Basel, but we have a few stops first | |
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Köln Hbf (the station chapel is sort of visible in the background). Let’s ho… | |
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Woah! Into Köln Hbf without any stop, turned around, departed on time, and got… | |
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We just passed the earlier ICE at Limburg Süd. Even more luck. What is going o… | |
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Made good time to Mannheim but then had to wait for the cross-platform exchange… | |
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ICE trunk line Frankfurt – Basel. Admittedly, they are working on it. | |
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You don’t pay attention for one second and Freiburg is painted with ETCS stop… | |
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Basel SBB one minute early. Yeah, I don’t know what’s going on either. | |
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I hope those guys are just out and about to enjoy the sun.Be ironic if SBB now … | |
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Good to know that the quiet area is a joke in Switzerland as well. | |
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Is the IC21 supposed to go via Küssnacht? The app says via Rotsee which makes… | |
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I see my connecting train is on time. | |
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Reached my destination for today. I show you why in a minute, but first I have … | |
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Lake Lucerne. Over there, I think on the meadow low on the second mountain on t… | |
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I’ve passed through Brunnen by train hundreds of times and it always looked r… | |
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I saved this one for the trip. And yes, the bookmark is a Stena cabin key. Seem… | |
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I might have had a stange too many, but I am very happy with my choice. What a … | |
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At checkout, the lady asked if I am continuing to Italy on foot. we agreed that… | |
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Decided to take the time and travel the scenic route across San Gottardo. It is… | |
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Coming out of the tunnel and definitely being in Ticino is … a bit emotional … | |
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Let’s quietly ignore the “The Future of Blockchain” people who are, of co… | |
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These new copper trains* are nice. But doing this run in a first class EW II wi… | |
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In Bellinzona, there’s a connection to a Eurocity directly to Venice.Ha!Inste… | |
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@partim I must have used the old Ceneri route dozens of times, but back when I … | |
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This detour over Monte Ceneri is worth doing. As the train climbs up to the pas… | |
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The jingle of Swiss railway is a simple tritone. But: it is different for each … | |
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In my day,* if you wanted to go to Milano and avoid the Cisalpino (what is now … | |
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The train is still jingling F-F-Es in Italy. Shouldn’t it be either F-Es or F… | |
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@partim In Denmark the jingle is D-Es-B - matching the "Danske StatsBaner&… | |
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Oh drat, I forgot about these things (repressed is probably the better term). I… | |
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In Treviglio I am turning right with the help of the big sister of the ICNG. I … | |
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We really are in the flat bits of Italy now. | |
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At Casalbuttano we are waiting for an oncoming train. Weirdly, we are scheduled… | |
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I am changing trains in Olmeneta, to go back north to Brescia (told you this is… | |
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“Traffic is still severely slowed at the Naples hub due to technical checks f… | |
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Back on the main line in Brescia. Minor problem: this train is a single Rock an… | |
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Five minute transfer in Verona, so I decided to head towards the doors early. a… | |
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Did you know that Italian high speed lines apparently are just motorways with t… | |
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Vicenza doesn’t have east platforms like many Italian stations, it has garden… | |
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This epsiode of Using Branch Lines to Avoid Busy Main Line Trains (I am now in … | |
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Castelfranco Veneto.About as Italian junction station as it gets. | |
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Are we nearly there yet? | |
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@partim Enjoy! | |
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First impression: Away from the main thoroughfare, Venice is still fine. | |
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@partim Good for you if you can move around between the places you visit withou… | |
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Buongiorno!The hotel I booked doesn’t do their own breakfast but give you a v… | |
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This is going to be a very church-heavy day. | |
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Rule number one: put away the phone with its map apps and try to get wherever y… | |
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But first: A man on a horse. | |
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My new hobby: Watch people schlepp modern luggage across medieval bridges and b… | |
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Why am I here now? Well, gather around, children!In 1575, Venice was ravaged by… | |
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@partim Take that, Actv, we don't need your stinking boats, we have a bridg… | |
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The evening before, Venetians gather for a big party with their boats in the la… | |
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There are public parks in Venice, but they are few and you have to actively go … | |
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Sign at a bar: “No Wifi. Sì garden inside.” | |
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It’s not cities that are loud, it’s boats that are loud. | |
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@partim There is a lovely forest in Venice, on an island, with also a lovely be… | |
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@partim Where are all the Glaswegian tourists when you need them? | |
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@tml I have a plan to go down to Chioggia to take the train from there, but not… | |
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@partim There might be a boat (line 11) all the way from Lido Santa Maria Elisa… | |
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@tml Looks like you could even walk form Pellestrina Cimitero along some sort o… | |
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@partim Yes! Did that in December. Was slightly scary. | |
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The reservation demanded I be here at nine and punctual. I was wondering what I… | |
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Entertainment is being provided: The Italians in front of me are trying to pron… | |
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The people on the boat moored, for whatever reason, right next to the queue are… | |
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I have secured a negroni and now we wait. The fireworks should appear eventuall… | |
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This is the view from Rio de Ca’ di Dio across the lagoon to San Giorgio (tha… | |
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And now we all go home … I mean, keep partying somewhere else. | |
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Did you know that gondolas aren’t symmetric and list to starboard when parked… | |
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Someone should make a triple A video game set in Venice c1550 and try and be as… | |
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Every time you think you’ve reached the western end of Giudecca, there is one… | |
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The Garden of Il Rendentore, or Orto Giardino del Convento della Chiesa del San… | |
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The church is offering red fabric squares, so people with clothing that doesn�… | |
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I can do boring old postcard pictures, too.Greetings from Venice, I guess. | |
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With the sun rising over San Michele, the cemetery island, it is time to go hom… | |
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I suppose leaving was the right decision. | |
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I have started the day by heading in the wrong direction: east to the Slovenian… | |
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There is a castello, but it is way up on yonder hill and the sky is making grum… | |
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Gorizia and Nova Gorica are the European Capitals of Culture this year. Their s… | |
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The walk into Nova Gorica has been cancelled on account of me being soaked just… | |
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Never mind, the sun is back again. | |
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This train will take me to Jesenice, reportedly a very scenic ride through the … | |
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The Nova Gorica – Jesenice line is as pretty as advertised. We were nearly ha… | |
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Minor panic as the phone refused to charge due to, or so it claims, liquid dete… | |
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@partim Fun coincidence. I got the same warning, without any reasonable cause (… | |
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@partim You carry *two* separate USB-C chargers, even if just the laptop one wo… | |
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Jesenice seems to be mostly a border station with a small town attached. Onward… | |
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The Eurocity from Ljubljana to Vienna is, frankly, a disgrace. The carriages ar… | |
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Zidani Most is a junction station where two narrow river valleys meet, forming … | |
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Obligatory kerning complaint. Yes, Šentjur is one word. | |
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Maribor is where this day ends. I figured that if I add a third day to my trip … | |
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I’d love to go and have a look at the town, but the thunderstorms have caught… | |
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It cannot be delayed any further: I have to return north of the mountains today… | |
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@partim Oh the architecture. | |
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For some reason, DB Navigator shows Slovenia’s fanciest train, the Pendolino-… | |
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@partim The SBB app used to show the Helsinki regional train lines, that have s… | |
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@partim VR, in their infinite wisdom, uses "S"plus a small number for… | |
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@tml Oh, that might be were the S2 for the Slovenian Pendolino may come from? | |
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@partim I doubt it. Wikipedia claims the actual local term is "InterCitySl… | |
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@tml My thinking is, that when either SŽ put the data into Merits or DB fished… | |
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@partim Ah, now I see, and I think I remember that VR indeed for some weird rea… | |
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My onward train is already waiting over there: the Transalpin. Some of its carr… | |
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One of those through carriages is this panorama coach. I’m probably the only … | |
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@partim I dislike them, too. For much the same reasons. | |
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Enough of this long-distance train nonsense! Since ÖBB refuses to take me on t… | |
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Of course a First Class Interrail allows you access to ÖBB Lounges. Hello, DB!… | |
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Onwards with a regional express – REX certainly is the best abbreviation for … | |
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Or, as Austrians would say: A schener Schaß. | |
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That the train announces where it is going just after it locked the doors is al… | |
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@partim I kiiiind of was going to suggest Treviglio instead of Bergamo via Monz… | |
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@stucchimax I wanted to go to Cremona from Treviglio, then over to Mantova and … | |
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@partim That’s what we tend to do now to go Zurich->Milan (actually to the… | |
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@stucchimax I was looking into going to Bergamo from Monza but there seems to b… | |
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@partim I never imagined I would see this happening in my lifetime… |