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Rail Europe iPhone App & Mobile Site

0 Rail Europe iPhone App & Mobile SiteEuropean rail travel is about exploration. Adventure. Planning on a whim or months ahead to build excitement. There’s inspiration all around. Maybe it’s a daydream. A poster of a centuries-old cathedral. Chatter overheard of a co-workers journey to Venice. Whatever your reason for going, Rail Europe, the North American leader in European rail experiences for over 75 years, thinks you should be able to book your journey anytime, anywhere.
Introducing the Rail Europe mobile site and iPhone app. Indispensable travel companions for both the free-spirited and uber-planner. Check out these amazing features to quickly get you on the right track.
If you already hold a rail pass and are in Europe, you may decide to just up and go — wherever, whenever. Now with smartphone in hand, skip the line, check availability and purchase reservations for a train that accepts e-tickets right on the spot. You can book all the way up to an hour before a train leaves. So if you’re in Paris in the afternoon and decide that you desperately need a moules-frites dinner in Brussels, go ahead and press the “book” button. You’ll have your reservation number sent by email quicker than you can say “ciao.”
Traveling shouldn’t mean being bogged down with minute details. You should be making lists of works of art to see at the Louvre or fondue restaurants to try in Switzerland. Our mobile site and app will surface reminders that are relevant to your itinerary so you’ll never miss your train. Like remembering to validate your pass prior to boarding, or booking train reservations if you’re a rail pass holder. Reminders are customized for your itinerary, so your journey runs as smoothly as your train ride.
Europe is a compact wonderland of cultural experiences. With something spectacular around every corner, you may think to keep your head down in your map or guidebook. With our mobile site and app, keep that chin up. Never miss out on a site ever again. Discover popular destinations based on your current location or the trips planned in your itinerary. We’ll even tell you about places that are easy-to-reach by train from whatever plaza or square you’re standing in. Now that’s planning at high-speed.
Next, keep those hands free. For what? Gelato in Florence. Mussels in Brussels. A pint in Dublin. No more fiddling around with paperwork: tickets, receipts, notes. Your phone is your travel folder. Access it all from the palm of your hand. Now there’s room in your backpack for more important things — like souvenirs to bring home and treasure.
Probably one of the best features of our mobile site is the ability to change plans on a whim. If you’ve got an e-ticket, easily move your train back an hour or a day or a week. This is your journey. Linger longer in Lucerne. Explore more fjords in Norway. Sit and soak in a Hungarian bath.
Rail Europe Mobile solutions. Taking you further…and faster…than ever before.

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0 Model Trains Looking At The Euro Model Trains At All Aboard Model Train Hobby Shop In Miittagong Pt3vaccuum73http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/vaccuum73EntertainmentModel, Trains, Looking, At, The, Euro, All, Aboard, Train, Hobby, Shop, In, Miittagong, Pt3Model Trains Looking At The Euro Model Trains At All Aboard Model Train Hobby Shop In Miittagong Pt3

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N-Scale European High Speed Trains

0 N Scale European High Speed TrainsThese modern fast trains are running all over in the Europe. High performance and well detailed N-scale models of Eurostar, TGV, TGV Duplex, and Thalys are so fun to run and watch. This video was shot on my module layout designed for train shows and exhibitions. You may see it at Greenberg Train Shows in the East Coast.

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Cheapest way to travel Europe by rail?

My boyfriend is going to study at Cardiff University in Wales for 6 weeks, and I get to go with him. We’ll have some travel time, not sure how much yet – probably weekends plus maybe one full week. We want to see multiple countries (probably 6-12) during that time. We heard once that getting the rail passes in the USA would be cheaper. What passes should we get and where should we get them? We don’t want to spend a fortune!

check eurorail site but the rail tickets are sold in zones so be careful it may not be such a good deal for you as amtrack is for europeans , also check ryan air , easyjet , bmi baby for cheap flights from Cardiff or Bristol or Swansea probably to Holland ( Amsterdam ) , France ( Paris Nice , Germany ( Hamburg ) you need to reserve well in advance for inexpensive flights so planning is essential . take a small 2 man tent backpacks and just ask if you need campsites at your destinations . if you hike i would recommend 2 trails close to Cardiff the Offas dyke and the Pembroke coast path but you need boots rucksack wet weather gear


0 Swiss Mountain Travel by Train Interlaken to Luzernhttp://www.raileurope.com/train-faq/european-trains/sbb/index.html An extensive network of trains are ready to take you from the peaks of Zermatt to the palm trees of Ticino. Come listen to the jazz at Montreaux then experience the art in Basel. One thing’s for certain – the cultural shades of this country are anything but neutral.

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0 Little Country, Big Adventures Jamierands photos around Bouveret, SwitzerlandA TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Bouveret, Switzerland by TravelPod blogger Jamierand titled “Little Country, Big Adventures”

Jamierand’s travel blog entry:

“Bonjour/Gutentag/Yo!

Get comfortable because this is going to be a long one. While I normally edit for only the highlights, there are too many to name. If you are considering a trip, Switzerland is a really cool country. I mentioned before that it is pricey, but there are definitely tricks to softening the blow while seeing some spectacular places. One of the tricks we used extended the life of our train pass. We have a Eurorail pass for a specific number of days. I knew ahead of time where and when we would be heading, and added 2 ‘free’ days to use towards exploration while in Switzerland. Well, it turns out that if you’re not staying in a big city, and you hop on the second class cabin (which in regional rail isn’t too different from first class), no one seems to check your ticket. Of course there is always a chance, but we got lucky. That allowed us to use our free days later in the stay and get a little more bang out of the pass.

So our first adventure involved taking three trains out to the town of Sion, home to Europe’s largest underground lake. We joined a group of Germans, a couple of Dutch, and 2 dogs on a row boat tour into the cavern. There are a few lights which bring out the glow of the crystal clear water, and a few of the rock formations. Trout were also stocked in the lake, but live on a diet of fish chow and are pretty much trapped there to entertain the tourists. The photos of the lake don’t do it justice, but hopefully you get the idea. It was pretty cool, even in German. Spelunking along, we took two more trains to the town of St. Maurice. Following the signs for the Fairy Caves, we soon realized we were in for another steep hike. We hauled our cookies up the side of a mountain, past a lovely fort, and finally reached the entrance to the Fairy Caves…. which I am pretty sure inspired the movie Hostel. To visit the Fairy Caves, you are given a plastic covered guide and sent down a long cavern into the mountain. This is the point where I realized that we were not going to look at bioluminescent bugs, but read old fairy stories about from people who lives in the mountain. My mistake. We only saw one other couple, but many interesting geological and man-made formations. After about 30min, the cave opens into a room where water falls into a pool in the middle. Again, not easy to photograph with an automatic, but it was a very beautiful, and I’m happy that nothing tried to grab or eat us along the way.

Our next day out, we pirated two more train rides to the very lovely town of Monteux. There, we rented a car, said a little prayer, and got on the highway. We headed North to the town of Gruyeres, land of many cows and stinky cheese. Really… everything smells like cows and cheese, even up on the mountain! We saw some of the traditional equipment used to make cheese old school style: in a massive cauldron over fire. Unfortunately we missed the demo. We headed to the town and decided that we were going to have a proper fondue experience. Now I’ve had fondue in the states where you get all sorts of fruit and veggies to cook, but this was another story. Imagine you live high in the mountains and can’t garden too much, so need things that last and are filling. You get bread with the cheese, and if you want, potatoes, onions, or cornichons (mini-pickles). The waitress kindly explained that the fondues were for one person, so we ordered two and I will never forgive her. Stopher (about to embark on his first fondue) was like a kid in a candy store when that pot o’goo was brought out. It was an obscene amount of hot boiling cheese, bread, and potatoes on a sunny day… we didn’t stand a chance, but tried our best to make a dent in it. Feeling fairly sick and horrified at a meal of cheese and bread, we walked up the hill towards the castle. The Gruyere castle has traded hands many times, but is now a tour and art exhibition space. It is very well done, so …”
Read and see more at: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jamierand/1/1244606400/tpod.html

Photos from this trip:
1. “View from tower of Gruyere Castle”
2. “Underground Lake”
3. “H.R. Giger Museum”
4. “Funicular”
5. “The “trail”"
6. “High powered fountain”
7. “Fairy Cave Entrance”
8. “Fairy Cave”
9. “Fairy Cave waterfall”
10. “Gruyere town”
11. “Biggest escargots so far”
12. “Gruyere Castle art show”
13. “More cow bell!”
14. “Tasting room at Cailer”
15. “Funicular track”
16. “The choo-choo”
17. “Looking ahead to the 2nd funicular”
18. “nd. Funicular”
19. “Mountain views”
20. “Mountain Views”
21. “The dam”
22. “Glacier on the left”

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Swiss Rail at Dietikon

0 Swiss Rail at DietikonA compilation from a Friday afternoon during rush hour at the Dietikon Bahnhof on the mainline leading west out of Zurich. Inetrcity and InterRegio trains frequent these tracks leaving Zurich towards Brugg, Aarau, Olten, Basel, Bern and other points west and southwest. Many freight trains also pass through moving in and out of the freight yards around Zurich. Double-Decker S-Bahn trains are also numerous at this time of the day.

Highlights include a TGV from Zurich to Paris, a DB ICE train from Hamburg to Zurich and the Securitas prisoner car. SBB Re 4/4 11161, one of the last Re 4/4s in the original green colors, passes with a train towards Basel as well.

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0 Prague Longwalktours photos around Prague, Czech RepublicA TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Prague, Czech Republic by TravelPod blogger Longwalktour titled “Prague”

Longwalktour’s travel blog entry:

“I won’t dwell too long on Prague. The first thing that everyone says about it is “Prague is so beautiful,” then second “and it’s so cheap too.” The beauty I won’t deny as for the prices, besides groceries, it is not cheap anymore. I was there in 1996 after traveling around Europe with a euro rail pass that I won, on a shoestring students budget. Bread cheese and free breakfasts at hostels had been my staple. For the same price as a baguette, some soft cheese and an apple in Paris I got a hot entrée with garnishes, strudel and a beer in Prague. Prague 2005 was different. Ironically I was returning to the cheese, bread and apple diet. After being a tourist destination for so long we found it overrun with crowds, charging standard western European fares, and the locals seeming sick of it all. It is a gorgeous town with its lovely bridges and castle. If you time it well you can avoid the shoulder-to-shoulder crowds that distract from its beauty. Late night walks and early morning strolls seemed to offer the best in the town.

For three people, we found the best value in a two-bedroom apartment near the town center. Each morning we started with a brunch of tea and juice with fried eggs served on toast with salami. Groceries were very affordable and having a large kitchen and a place to relax was a treat. The days followed with long walks taking as much in as possible. On our year long budget, Prague would not be an extravagant stop. But just enjoying the long walks and pleasant sights kept me happy. I don’t think that I can say the same for our companion Brian. By the second day I think that he was tired of walking. Actually, by the time that we reached Trier I think that he may have been tired of the road. By our final day in Prague he was definitely ready to be home, getting back to work, the home and the dog.

In my mind his reaction surprised me, though I suppose that I can understand it. Even though we agreed that Prague was overrated, I still enjoyed being in a foreign place. It made me wonder just what the attraction to travel was. The journey from Germany to Prague was the easy part. Everything from there on would just become more foreign and, with that, more difficult. Why would a person want that? Then again, why wouldn’t they? In Spanish they say “cada cabeza es un mundo differente.” Just before Erin and I boarded the night train for Budapest we were excitedly talking about going further into Eastern Europe than either of us had been. Brian left us saying “good luck and better you guys than me.” Though I knew it was true, I wondered why.”
Read and see more at: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/longwalktour/eastward_bound/1128694860/tpod.html

Photos from this trip:
1. “Architecture prague”
2. “Dancing people”
3. “Prague views”
4. “Views prague”

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Trains Across Europe

0 Trains Across EuropeVarious trains across Europe. Mostly high speed rail.

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Virgin train from London to Stafford Sept 2009

0 Virgin train from London to Stafford Sept 2009Train ride from London to Stafford ……..Fast, on time reasonably smooth, seats good, 14 GBP, no eurorail pass I will give it 8 out of 10

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