And let's hope the travel will be more angenehm as the preparation. Wheras airliners allow you to book ahead half a year, train operating companies limit that time, for whatever reason, to three months. I suppose they keep the the presale period restricted in order to reflect major changes in the schedule due to construction works in the booking ( Read more... )

So I'm on my way back from our girlfriend in the south of the country. Sam and I went there on friday night, after I got of off my shift at work. A 3-hour train ride later, we arrived at her place around 11 pm. We've watched a movie or two, as I quickly fell asleep, tired of a long day of cleaning the house, working one of the most chaotic shifts I ( Read more... )

Ever since the introduction of high speed rail travel, airlines have been struggling to keep their short distance flight services going. Train travel is usually a lot cheaper than air travel, whereas trains usually drop you off right in the city centre, saving you a time-consuming city-to-airport transfer twice ( Read more... )

And after years of waiting, it's now finally been announced that Starbucks will at last come to the Netherlands! Yes, I am aware of the facts that there have been two stores open at Amsterdam Airport for quite a while now, but you'd also have to agree that the Dutch don't really have a reason to ever be at the airport, other than leaving the ( Read more... )

In the Berliner Zeitung there's some good news at last. Berlin's new central station will probably be completed after all. The new railway terminal, which had to be completed in time for the 2006 World Championships. To save time and finish right on time, they cut the roof of the upper platforms short from 430 meter to only 300 meter, and canceled ( Read more... )