Comments on: Trip part 5: Leipzig

By: The Lives of Others | The Changelog

The Lives of Others | The Changelog — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:48:30 +0000

[...] this incredible feeling of “I was there”. Last year, Terah and I were in Leipzig and visited the Stasi museum there, Museum in der “Runden Ecke”. I always have an incredible sense [...]

By: Trip part 7: The Journey Home | The Changelog

Trip part 7: The Journey Home | The Changelog — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:00:25 +0000

[...] Leipzig, Fritzi had chosen a book to give to Jacob. On Monday, I got it out, and explained it was from “Fritzi in Germany.” Jacob was very [...]

By: Michael Goetze

Michael Goetze — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:50:01 +0000

As far as I know, each national rail service has their own EC carriages, and on any given route you may get them from either end (though on a given time/weekday it will always be the same). I occasionally take a train with Swiss EC carriages and they are quite nice (better than German IC/EC carriages).

By: John Goerzen

John Goerzen — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:47:07 +0000

We were in the quiet car on one of our three ICE trips. (We took ICE from Hamburg to Berlin, Berlin to Leipzig, and Leipzig to Dresden.) It is true that in the quiet car, people didn’t speak on their mobile phone at all — but it was rare enough in the others, and pretty quiet when it did happen.

Your other comments had been caught by Akismet (spam filter) but I found them and got them posted. Thanks.

By: Cùran

Cùran — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:22:12 +0000

A few things about the ICE again (and the change of trains in Dresden): first, you’re lucky to have had such nice passengers along with you. I’ve had the displeasure of people riding with me five o’clock in the morning and discussing whatever article made the headline in the BILD (yellow press, quite horrible) that day. But that people leave the compartment when their phone rings might also be due to the fact, that you where in one of the quiet areas of the ICE. ICEs have some wagons with cellular phone repeaters and some which are designated quiet areas. And while you’re free to use your phone in the non-quiet areas (or especially in areas with a repeater) you’re asked (by sign and leaflet (“Ihr Reiseplan”)) to turn off your phones and other stuff that might disturb others in the quiet areas.

The EC heading east from Dresden (with Bad Schandau being the last stop on the German side, if I’m not mistaken) isn’t operated by the Deutsche Bahn but by the railway company of its destination. This might explain the different age. On the other hand, the ICs for example are also much older and in a worse state than the ICEs (though the EC you’re referring to looks/is older).

Cheers,
Drizzt

P.S.: I left some additional comments on part four and three with links in them. Where they filtered out entirely or are they awaiting moderation? In the former case I might be able to piece them together again (I’m not sure I remember all *g*) without the links.