Rail Adventures

I LOVE trains! At least, I love the trains in Germany, and I am sure I would in the rest of Europe! It is such a great hassle-free way to travel. I bought my ticket, got on, rode for around 3 hours, got off and was at my hotel.

They have comfortable seating, are super fast (like 180 mph/300 km fast) and offer door-to-door service, or close to it. A few things you might need to watch out for are reserved seats and the kids-free section, if you do not want to be attacked by 4 year old twin boys, who could have been extras in Children of the Corn….

So, you can reserve seats on the train. You do not know this until the person who reserved the seat arrives and pretty much kicks you out. How lovely?!?! And to make matters worse, I was so flustered by the situation that the guy had to speak to me in English so I could understand.

I ended up moving further down in the car and was in a row by myself, the whole time worried someone else would come and try to claim my/their seat. Anyway, no one did, but the terror twins. These kids ran all over the car and occasionally into the car behind us. Side Note: The high-speed ICE trains in Germany have glass, electronic doors, like a store, that connect the cars together. You do not to manually open the doors to walk between like you do on a subway. So, the terror twins would then wrestle all over the car and occasionally into the empty seat next to me. What did their mother do? Nothing! Augh!