"The crew just opened the doors to let a breeze in - very little health-and-safety culture here!"
That's a bit presumptuous...
Interrail: 6,379Km and 13 Countries over 7 weeks
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#62Is interrail still a thing? It was popular in Europe back in the 70s and 80s, when young people could buy a interrail pass. Many of my older relatives (now in their 60s) did that back then, but it was more or less dead when I was old enough in the early 00s. By that time, budget airlines had become a thing, and summer/party trips to Spain / Mediterranean started to dominate my peers' summer vacations.
When I graduated uni in the late 2010s it was still quite popular. Budget airlines have made trips to southern Europe a lot more popular/feasible for a boozy weekend with mates, but for people who want to go backpacking for a month or two Interrail still made a lot of sense, at that time at least.
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#63For single countries though the Interrail not worth it, or more like make your own research For example in Hungary we have an unlimited pass for ~53€ a month, valid on all trains and multiple public transport options (almost everything in Budapest included) https://bkk.hu/en/tickets-and-passes/prices/hungary-pass-ful... Whereas a 3 days in 1 month Interrail pass is 79€ https://www.interrail.com/en/interrail-passes/on…
Same for Germany, we have the 63€/Month Deutschlandticket.
It's only valid for regional trains (but also all local buses, subway and tram systems) though, so for long distance travel you have to switch trains a lot.
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#64"The crew just opened the doors to let a breeze in - very little health-and-safety culture here!" That's a bit presumptuous...
"Was a little strange seeing cables dripping down from the ceiling"
The whole text is full of these weird takes on the most banal things.
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#65Prediction: Germany is going to be your worst train experience.
Yeah saw that one coming from a mile.
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#66TIL there is a Stockholm to Helsinki ferry.
I’ve done Helsinki Talinn and that was great.
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#67I wonder how much more exhausting could have been if they decided to go much southern in Italy, where the service can be much more degraded
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#68"The crew just opened the doors to let a breeze in - very little health-and-safety culture here!" That's a bit presumptuous...
In the UK I've never seen a train open its doors directly to the tracks. We also have lots of warning not to cross the tracks except by bridge or tunnel.
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#69"The crew just opened the doors to let a breeze in - very little health-and-safety culture here!" That's a bit presumptuous...
"Was a little strange seeing cables dripping down from the ceiling" The whole text is full of these weird takes on the most banal things.
What's banal to you is exotic to me.
I've seen tourists in London marvel at the most commonplace thing - and I think that's delightful.
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Was a little strange seeing cables dripping down from the ceiling" The whole text is full of these weird takes on the most banal things.
What's banal to you is exotic to me. I've seen tourists in London marvel at the most commonplace thing - and I think that's delightful.
I love to see tourists in my American city marvel at squirrels.