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People keep asking me if it would be cheaper to take a TRAIN to central Europe from Finland than a plane. I wonder if these people have never ridden a train, or simply don't grasp that trains go on the ground and consume combustible fuel? (One need hardly say that they don't grasp Finland is a peninsula.)  Someone once told our exchange student from Norway that she hadn't visited it at all, but she might have stopped there "for gas" while her family was road-tripping around Europe.

Okay, PSA, people: in order to get from anywhere in the Nordic countries to central Europe by train, you would have to first take that train into Russia and south around the Blackaltic Sea, namely: through most of eastern Europe (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and Poland before you even reach Germany (which would take a couple of days and, needless to say, cost a lot more than flying). A ferry will take you quickly to Stockholm, and another will take you to Denmark from there, but it's a toss-up whether that would actually save you any money.

Ahahahhaha. A TRAIN. Thank you, America, for the LULZ.

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Date: 16 Jul 2007 03:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kmazzy.livejournal.com
ha ha and ha! but at least european trains are better than british ones.

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Date: 16 Jul 2007 05:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
Oh, what are British trains like?

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Date: 16 Jul 2007 08:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kmazzy.livejournal.com
laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame. expensive and prone to delays due to stupid things like 'leaves on the line' or 'cows on the tracks' or 'strong wind' or 'flooded rails' etc etc.

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Date: 16 Jul 2007 08:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
LOLOLOL

Finnish ones are late in winter because they were bought from Italy and they stop working when it's cold. XD

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