Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 7/26/02 7:05 PM, Mike Durling at durling@widomaker.com thoughtfully wrote: > > We just completed a rail trip through Central Europe and never missed a > connection. The Eurocity trains were new and clean. The local trains > in some of the former Eastern bloc were less so. All got us where we > were going with MUCH more comfort than any of the jets we travelled on. > > This is not to say that there wern't some unsettling moments like when If someone hasn't pointed it out this is because Amtrak is at the mercy of the freight-haulers who have right-of-way over the long-haul trains. Personally for long trips in the United States a train just doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I'd rather spend 5 hours crossing the country than five days. If I wanted to take 5 days I'd drive. That's what BMWs are for, after all. Actually I think that to be a US citizen everyone should have to drive I-80 across Nebraska. That's a BIG state. Some interesting photo opportunities along the way also! Adam - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html