Finland to France... by train?

[cimorene]

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.

Comments

[kessie.livejournal.com]

...a train. Oh my.

I mean, I know travelling around Europe is easy and somewhat cheap, but, y'know, it's not that easy.

[buddleia.livejournal.com]

No no, you fail to grasp that Europe is a teeny tiny little place. You know, quaint.

[isilya]

Ahahaahah! Like all the funny people who think you can just jump in the car and drive from Sydney to Cairns, or from Melbourne to Perth.

[kmazzy.livejournal.com]

ha ha and ha! but at least european trains are better than british ones.

[claire.livejournal.com]

I want there to be a train from my place to your place. Why isn't there, dammit?

[futureperfect.livejournal.com]

That's like people who think they'll come to Australia, and nip over to Adelaide for lunch.