After a 26-year project costing $10Billion, the new train line from Munich to Berlin was opened and the new ICE train made it’s inaugural journey of 4 hours to the German capital at speeds of 300kph, cutting the travel time from 6 hours! Despite the long built, high cost and technical issues, this is a […]
Bangkok, the City of Angels, is a fun city – as long as you don’t have to fight your way through the maddening street traffic. Fortunately, Bangkok has the wonderful BTS SkyTrain and MRT Subway taking you quickly and in air conditioned comfort to most of the places you want to visit. It’s easy and
We recently traveled on a Thalys high-speed train from Cologne to Paris. While I love high-speed trains for the speed and downtown-to-downtown convenience, I never gave a lot of thought to the customer service of the – often – government or previously government owned operators. So what Thalys did after the trip, really surprised me
Every day you can read about the ever shrinking economy class on planes, passenger rage about seat recline and long delays of plane travel – enough trouble to make you want to stay at home? There is a much more pleasant alternative to travel around Europe – high speed trains and you should try them!