[Leica] Travel question

[leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)]

John

As Nathan recommended, use trains for shorter travels. Railways have a much 
bigger acceptance here, and the railway net is very dense and the trains 
mostly comfortable. Short and middle distance flights are not that easy and 
affordable like in the US. You cross customs and controls 2x per flight, 
lose a lot of time, and often the airports are far away from the cities' 
centres and the taxi ride quite expensive. Customs controls in the trains 
are much easier. Last time I took an intl. night train I gave my passport to 
the conductor after the boarding, and in the morning, he gave it back to me.

The german railways (Deutsche Bundesbahn) offer a lot of special 
arrangements, so if you have a concrete travelling plan they may work out a 
suiting arrangement for you. I recommend 1st class which is usually still 
way cheaper than scheduled flights. 

For distances like Frankfurt-Vienna or Frankfurt-Rome a flight might be the 
better solution. But book early, especially if you want a low cost airline.

Enjoy the german beer. They have the best in the world (together with the 
Czech's).

Didier



>I have a job to shoot in southern Germany in early May and would appreciate
>any helpful thoughts on traveling there.  Have not done much in the way of
>flying so help with security check points, batt chg. Adapters, travel once
>I'm there, I'm thinking mostly rail.  I want to fly into Frankfort, shoot a
>wedding, and then travel for 6ish days and fly out of Frankfort. Travel to
>include maybe Vienna, northern Italy, then into Paris for 3 days and rail
>back to Frankfort.  Maybe see Wetzlar...
>Any help would be much appreciated.
>Regards,
>John Payne