Basically found decent train routes Marburg - Madrid with 36h layover in Paris to get a day in Paris in but haven't figured out how to book them, certainly doesn't work online. Not sure if it works offline.
Would be nice to get one contiguous ticket for passenger rights reasons.
@juliank On the TGV yes, it depends on the route though. About 30 euro on the Brussels-Paris route last month.
It's cheap in other countries though, 5 to 10 in Germany/Austria/Italy for ICE/RJ/FR
Would be nice if #systemd told me it was ignoring files in drop-in directories that didn't have accepted filename suffixes, because some of us are numpties.
And off we go, Scotland to Austria, via train, and with the floof monster tagging along to boot! Normally doable in 2 days of travel, but due to #Eurostar hating dogs it will take 3 days
Southeastern runs on #HS1. Fun fact: the only proper and modern high speed line in the UK, the birthplace of railways, is the line you take when you want to get the **** out of the UK.
And next, after a 4 hours wait in queue, a taxi ride inside this one. Normally you'd just take the #Eurostar and go from London to Paris in a couple of hours, but given Eurostar hates dogs and doesn't allow them onboard, this expensive 5 to 10 hours detour is needed to cross the tunnel. Fun.
Back on the tracks - this half cancelled (!! - half of the train is late so we'll leave do without it) #tgv is carrying us to Brussels, where we'll be in the hands of Deutschebahn. May the gods help us all.
Good news: the #ICE is actually there! (Yes, this is not a given)
Bad news: it will unexpectedly terminate in Koeln instead of Frankfurt, because reasons.
Update: the DB train guard says the DB app is wrong, and the ICE will not terminate earlier in Koln. The DB app still says it will. Who's right? Who's wrong? We'll find out in a hour, cause nobody knows for sure. Thanks for travelling with #DeutscheBahn
Der floofmeister appreciates the spacious compartment on this #ICE however he'd like to submit a complaint about this glass door that's stopping him from trotting around, making new friends and ensuring there are no squirrels stowaways onboard
Incredibly the delay into Frankfurt was only 10 minutes, and this next #ICE that will bring us to Wuerzburg left on time. Things are going too well for DB standards, I'm starting to get suspicious.
One #TGV, two #ICE and one regio express later, and we are finally in Bamberg, and only with a handful of minutes of delay! Hard to believe. And now, the breweries await
#Bamberg is lovely, but they should seriously consider letting someone who isn't high on diesel fumes do their urban planning. The medieval square with the cathedral, the old court and the royal palace, bustling with tourists walking around, as a thorough route for private car traffic? Seriously?
@jwildeboer status update: got a booster at a GP in Austria, just had to fill some forms and pay 35€ given I'm not a resident - worth every cent. Sorted and with plenty of time for it to be effective for FOSDEM!
