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14. I've been doing that for 40 years

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 02:11 PM

Sep 2017

It's an ideal use of travel time. Trains here in Europe used to be a lot slower. The trip from Köln to Brussels used to be 3 hours, and the nonstop TEE from Brussels to Paris used to be 3 hours, too. Düsseldorf to Frankfurt used to be 3 hours, and München and Zürich used to be 8 hours. Paris was 7 hours from Düsseldorf. I wrote most of my book on those trains. These days, those times have been shaved from 30% to 50%. Brussels to Paris is now 80 minutes (that train flies!). Madrid to Barcelona took so long, flying was the only option. Now, the RENFE has an express than makes the trip in 2½ hours.

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