Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just to clarify: for any of the trips John is thinking of, i.e. Germany-France-Austria-Italy there are no customs controls and no passport controls on arrival, regardless of mode of transport. All those countries are in the Schengen zone. Nathan On 29-feb-2008, at 8:59, Didier Ludwig wrote: > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman nathan@nathanfoto.com General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog Book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/128276