Zagreb has an extensive tram network with 15 day and 4 night lines covering much of the inner- and middle-suburbs of the city. The first tram line was opened in September 1891 and they've been serving as a vital component of Zagreb mass transit ever since! Trams operate on 116.3 kilometers (or 72.3 mi) of track! The oldest settlement located near today's Zagreb was the Roman town of Andautonia, now Ščitarjevo, which existed between the 1st and the 5th century AD. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. "Childhood home of the brains behind the White House tennis pavilion" 💀. Slovenia's a gem! Beekeeping heritage permeates Slovenian culture. Approximately one in 200 people keep and tend to bee colonies. Locals share a deep respect for the winged insects as indispensable pollinators in the food system, and honey appears often in traditional Slovenian delicacies. The Carniolan honey bee is bred exclusively there, it is the only protected native bee species in the EU. Both the world's oldest wheel and flute were actually found in Slovenia! The flute was discovered in Divje babe cave near Cerkno and has been declared by experts to have been made by Neanderthals, while an over 5,100-year-old wooden wheel was discovered in 2002.
I enjoyed these two videos very much and am looking forward to the ones to come. It is NOT weird for young people to appreciate classical music any more than it is for them to enjoy train travel. It just goes to show that you are really open-minded about a wide variety of things and your balanced approach to life often shows through in the commentary on your productions. 😊
Exactly! Accidents happen, we make mistakes, nobody's perfect! So I don't blame you for not thinking about checking because my LIRR-pilled, MNR-pilled, NJ Transit-pilled brain isn't used to trains being split so I wouldn't check either. Acknowledging mistakes and learning from them is how we grow as people. Now with that aside...what a crazy journey in Croatia! Koprivnica really needs to build a pedestrian bridge, because making people cross the tracks like that is crazy. They should be thankful it's overhead and not third rail! That 6112 series is also used in Bosnia & Herzegovina! The Railways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina initially ordered just one intercity train, but they currently have no intentions of ordering more. The coat of arms on the church at 6:19 are the coat of arms of Zagreb (white castle on red background; though the current coat of arms has a blue background) and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia. The kingdom existed from 1868 to 1918 as a constituent kingdom within Austria-Hungary. Ruled by the Austrian Emperor like the rest of the empire, who was confirmed by the Croatian State Sabor (or parliament). It was a concept advocated by Croatian leaders during national revival. It proposed a united kingdom between these three regions, which were already within the empire but were politically and administratively separate entities. Dalmatia didn't actually join as it was denied in 1867 and remained a crown land and part of Cisleithania.
Ah, the exuberance of youth! Shortly after your exciting Interail Europe trip, this senior citizen from downunder embarked on his big trip to the 'mother' country (that's what we irreverent Aussies call the United Kingdom). Seven Weeks from start to finish including stopovers in Canada in both directions. I would love to do some of the journeys you did with Hans, but I'm afraid age, financial situation and the current world uncertainties might make this a pipe dream only. But you never know! If I win the local lottery and my health is still good, there is something to look forward to. Thanks so much for sharing with us your adventures with Hans of five years ago. I bet you had no idea then what your current situation would be. Hope the next five years (AND BEYOND for many more) are enriching and you are able to share much more with your CZcams fans.🙂🙂🙂
You’re right, I had absolutely no idea 😂 I will be rooting for your lottery chances. For now, I’ll share my adventures here and look forward to your messages!
"Meine Gute" as my dad would say! You actually nailed JFK's gaffe. = I'm from Berlin. = I'm a big jelly donut with no hole. The crowd laughed for a second and then cheered politely. Vienna is the namesake of fried veal cutlets.... No one in Vienna will sell you a but you can buy some ! When I took my younger son on my much shorter train tour of Germany, we had three goals: meet his music teacher (who happened to be in Berlin at the time), tour the Beatles Museum in Hamburg, and eat as many foods as possible in their namesake locations. So we ate frankfurters in Frankfurt and actual American hamburgers in Hamburg. Kiddo was not keen on cutlets or dead tortured calf meat, so no visit to Vienna. Danishes were too plain so no day trip north to Denmark. My guy was ten years old so a visit to Plzen was right out. And cheddar was the only cheese he'd eat. And unfortunately we totally forgot to eat berliners in Berlin!
Spent 3 years in West Berlin (1982-85) with USAF. Loved the city and transit systems. My mother got me on Classical music. I do enjoy your videos. I may be older, but I still play with trains (1/8th scale).
Satisfying conclusion and the promise of more to come, thank you so much! Not a moment wasted watching this. Mixed feelings to hear that Croatia has just recently gone full Euro-Schengen. The positive is the smoother border crossing and unified currency. The negative is that before this recent switch, Croatia was a very handy timeout for my Aussie chums in Europe, as Croatia used not to count towards the days they spent in Schengen. Thanks again! \m/
Thank you for sharing part 2 of your trip Thom! I really enjoyed both videos! I feel like being a British citizen, I feel lucky being able to travel to Europe easily. I liked your sit down commentary in parts during the video. I visited Zagreb a few years ago, Vienna many years ago, Slovenia - numerous times. The Czech Republic is one of my favourite European countries. It's worth a visit. Looking forward to your next US adventures. 🙂
Great video, greetings from Croatian railfan :) Actually, vast majority of the railway mainlines in our country is currently under general reconstruction process. Track work from Hunagrian border via Koprivnca do Zagreb started in 2016 and is scheduled to end in 2025 - there is upgrade of the corridor including conversion of a single track railway to double track on the entire 100 km long route. Maximum track speed will be raised from 100-140 km/h to 160 km/h.
Nice. After my compliments of last weeks (that still implies for this one), two of my experiences on the rails. First 1991. We arrived by nighttrain in Milano from Bari at 6. Made some coffee and looked for a train home. A train to Zürich, change in Arth-Goldau to Basel. After arriving there it appeared that a direct train to Amsterdam was due in 3 minutes. At its platform the conductor had a problem with an elderly lady, trying to board the train. Our chance to get on! In 2022: Traveling from Utrecht to Athens by rail and boat, the Nightjet Munich-Venice was vital, but it didn't run. Was sent to Salzburg in the middle of the night. Eventualy reached Athes via Wien and from there by air, not my favorite way of traveling. In the end ÖBB (Austrian Railways) compensated nearly 75% of the extra costs. Thanks ÖBB!
Thank you for this great video ! I thoroughly enjoyed it all, and have taken most routes that you showed. Amusingly, the music that was playing when you went to the concert in Vienna was not composed by Mozart ! Looking forward immensely to your trip with Lindsey to the West Coast by Amtrak, and the various transportation systems in Seattle, and hopefully Portland too !
There was a strict no-recording policy at the venue so I had to be very sneaky, decided to save my delinquent actions for a tune everybody would recognize!
I finally got around to watching these videos. I was keeping up with your other videos but I for some reason skipped over these until now. They were fantastic! And I am very excited to see more of what you teased at the end. :)
This trip was awesome and so well planned and played!!! The woman who saved your transfer was an angel!!! Can’t wait for the cross-country adventures!!! Yay!!!
I've found your old travel videos fascinating. I was particularly intrigued to see you wearing a Downeaster shirt while doing the narration, as I happen to be wearing an identical shirt today. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing you USA Rail Pass journeys.
I really enjoyed this series as you took us back to your adventure through Europe via Interrail. My favorite part is your narration throughout the video. Keep up the amazing work. Liebe Grüße aus Chicago
Nice stuff. I've not done long train trips myself but I am considering the option. Especially since I live in Denmark and because we since 2020 have had something called a "Rejsepas". A week long ticket, only sold during the summer, for 7 consequtive days of unlimited public transit across all of Denmark for 400kr, or about 55 euros. It aint quite Deutschland ticket good but I am heavily considering taking a trip around my home country in August and just seeing stuff
@@Thom-TRA Yup. Even considering where I live and the distance of the relatively short trip to Copenhagen, I could be saving money, even if I just took the train to and from Copenhagen 4 times! Like compared to the ticket prices here, its insanely good!
I so enjoyed both videos Thom. I have never traveled overnight but hopefully one day l will. So many beautiful places to see and look forward to more from you guys. Thanks👍
Great stuff. 👌 Definitely worth visiting Plitvice Lakes National Park, Split and Dubrovnik when you next visit Croatia. And Lublijana in Slovenia is also a must. 😍
German and French were fine, and once you spend enough time in Slavic-speaking countries, you can kind of figure out what the signs are saying. But Hungary, that was difficult! Especially since the conductors didn’t speak any English either.
Very enjoyable, just watched your two videos on travel in Europe. It was quite timely that I saw these (we just returned from a 86 day trip to Alaska and back to GR in our motorhome) today as my wife and I were discussing travel plans for 2024 and I suggested buying an Eurail pass and just fly into Schiphol and set off in some direction. For the first time in a number of years we don't have any travel plans other than to sell our home in GR and move to Florida. Would you have any suggestions? We have traveled by train in Europe a number of times, but there is still more to explore. Thanks!
Did you know I used to live in GR for 4 years? I’d recommend the Netherlands (cities other than Amsterdam, like Leiden and The Hague). Switzerland and Italy are some of my favs as well, and there’s lots of great things to do Germany along the way.
@@Thom-TRA yes, I new you lived in GR for school. Was it Calvin or GVSU? I don't remember. Our only time in Amsterdam was on our way home from Italy on September 11, 2001. We lived in Schiphol for a couple days. We have traveled France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Estonia, Prague, London. Obviously there is more to see. We were thinking to see more of the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, etc. Thanks for your response and suggestions. Looking forward to your Amtrak vids.
Speaking and transcontinental rail trip got me thinking about how many you can do virtually the whole continent north/south and east/west.Europe and Australia I think are the only two. Europe is the only one I have done that in and my longest Aussie trip was Sydney to Melbourne and v.v.on the XPT sleeping train.
I have been to Slovenia, stayed in Ljubljana, made a quick hop in Jesenice and Bohinjska Bistrica and naturally saw the Lake Bohinj, everything was extremely scenic! Slovenia is a surprisingly great place to be, with a somewhat good public transport, and especially now that modern Stadler trains have rolled out, that should make it very comfortable to get around!
You guys had an awesome trip around Europe. I know you and Lindsey will have a great trip across the country on Amtrak!! Looking forward on your videos Thom!!
You committed a most serious offense ! On the Prague-Berlin train, there was a dining car and you did not go 🙂 And from watching too many videos, I have learned that in europe, except for high speed trains, it is always imortant to ool at the sign on the door because international trains often split up during trip and new cars from other cities join in. (Especially common for Night jet for instance(). From watching videos of a person who chided you in this video, the Polish PKP trains are also nice and serve nice food in their dining cars. The one that is sadly gone for quite some time was the Paris-Berlin-Moscow train served by RZD with bogies changes at Brest in Belarus. Had different restaurant car in the west, and one for Belarus-Russia segment (restaurant cars do do gauge change , I think because they have generator attached to bogies).
Hahaha your trip really did not go that smooth as you made it out to be! *Schadenfreude* 😁 This is just the kind of stress I was talking about. So I guess, it is a good learning experience for high school grads (or Gymnasium Abiturienten) in how to deal with unforeseen problems -- albeit, seasoned travelors know and see them well: missed connetions, cancelations, disappeared reservations. That's what credit cards are for: If you get stuck somewhere, you can buy yourself out. As for travel companion friends ghosting you after the trip, I've heard of that problem from other friends. It happens alot when you get stuck overnight at an airport or train station or something else like that happens. They get pissed at you for taking them out of their comfort zone. As long as you didn't do anything criminal to them or they to you, I wouldn't worry about it. You'll have something to talk about in years to come at the bar or at parties.
Zagreb has an extensive tram network with 15 day and 4 night lines covering much of the inner- and middle-suburbs of the city. The first tram line was opened in September 1891 and they've been serving as a vital component of Zagreb mass transit ever since! Trams operate on 116.3 kilometers (or 72.3 mi) of track! The oldest settlement located near today's Zagreb was the Roman town of Andautonia, now Ščitarjevo, which existed between the 1st and the 5th century AD. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242.
"Childhood home of the brains behind the White House tennis pavilion" 💀. Slovenia's a gem! Beekeeping heritage permeates Slovenian culture. Approximately one in 200 people keep and tend to bee colonies. Locals share a deep respect for the winged insects as indispensable pollinators in the food system, and honey appears often in traditional Slovenian delicacies. The Carniolan honey bee is bred exclusively there, it is the only protected native bee species in the EU. Both the world's oldest wheel and flute were actually found in Slovenia! The flute was discovered in Divje babe cave near Cerkno and has been declared by experts to have been made by Neanderthals, while an over 5,100-year-old wooden wheel was discovered in 2002.
I’m glad you caught the tennis joke. I figured you would, since you and her husband exchanged “love letters.” 😂
I enjoyed these two videos very much and am looking forward to the ones to come. It is NOT weird for young people to appreciate classical music any more than it is for them to enjoy train travel. It just goes to show that you are really open-minded about a wide variety of things and your balanced approach to life often shows through in the commentary on your productions. 😊
I appreciate the encouragement! It was a beautiful concert and an exhilarating trip
I agree! There are still lots of young people entering music conservatory and music programs to play classical music
Neither are most young Dutch men unfortunately
I've been listening to classical music since I was 10. I was definitely seen as an alien back then. Not so much now that I'm older.
Exactly! Accidents happen, we make mistakes, nobody's perfect! So I don't blame you for not thinking about checking because my LIRR-pilled, MNR-pilled, NJ Transit-pilled brain isn't used to trains being split so I wouldn't check either. Acknowledging mistakes and learning from them is how we grow as people. Now with that aside...what a crazy journey in Croatia! Koprivnica really needs to build a pedestrian bridge, because making people cross the tracks like that is crazy. They should be thankful it's overhead and not third rail! That 6112 series is also used in Bosnia & Herzegovina! The Railways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina initially ordered just one intercity train, but they currently have no intentions of ordering more.
The coat of arms on the church at 6:19 are the coat of arms of Zagreb (white castle on red background; though the current coat of arms has a blue background) and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia. The kingdom existed from 1868 to 1918 as a constituent kingdom within Austria-Hungary. Ruled by the Austrian Emperor like the rest of the empire, who was confirmed by the Croatian State Sabor (or parliament). It was a concept advocated by Croatian leaders during national revival. It proposed a united kingdom between these three regions, which were already within the empire but were politically and administratively separate entities. Dalmatia didn't actually join as it was denied in 1867 and remained a crown land and part of Cisleithania.
I think the track crossing was more a sign of the absolute anarchy that reigned that day! 😂
Can't wait for the US-Videos!
Ah, the exuberance of youth! Shortly after your exciting Interail Europe trip, this senior citizen from downunder embarked on his big trip to the 'mother' country (that's what we irreverent Aussies call the United Kingdom). Seven Weeks from start to finish including stopovers in Canada in both directions. I would love to do some of the journeys you did with Hans, but I'm afraid age, financial situation and the current world uncertainties might make this a pipe dream only. But you never know! If I win the local lottery and my health is still good, there is something to look forward to. Thanks so much for sharing with us your adventures with Hans of five years ago. I bet you had no idea then what your current situation would be. Hope the next five years (AND BEYOND for many more) are enriching and you are able to share much more with your CZcams fans.🙂🙂🙂
You’re right, I had absolutely no idea 😂
I will be rooting for your lottery chances. For now, I’ll share my adventures here and look forward to your messages!
"Meine Gute" as my dad would say! You actually nailed JFK's gaffe.
= I'm from Berlin.
= I'm a big jelly donut with no hole.
The crowd laughed for a second and then cheered politely.
Vienna is the namesake of fried veal cutlets....
No one in Vienna will sell you a but you can buy some !
When I took my younger son on my much shorter train tour of Germany, we had three goals:
meet his music teacher (who happened to be in Berlin at the time),
tour the Beatles Museum in Hamburg,
and eat as many foods as possible in their namesake locations.
So we ate frankfurters in Frankfurt and actual American hamburgers in Hamburg.
Kiddo was not keen on cutlets or dead tortured calf meat, so no visit to Vienna.
Danishes were too plain so no day trip north to Denmark.
My guy was ten years old so a visit to Plzen was right out.
And cheddar was the only cheese he'd eat.
And unfortunately we totally forgot to eat berliners in Berlin!
The jelly donut joke was told over and over again by the great many German teachers I had in high school!
Spent 3 years in West Berlin (1982-85) with USAF. Loved the city and transit systems. My mother got me on Classical music. I do enjoy your videos. I may be older, but I still play with trains (1/8th scale).
And there is no shame in that!
Yes to Mozart! The music playing was a Strauss walz. Excellent report , you have earned a coffee and banket for sure !
Satisfying conclusion and the promise of more to come, thank you so much! Not a moment wasted watching this. Mixed feelings to hear that Croatia has just recently gone full Euro-Schengen. The positive is the smoother border crossing and unified currency. The negative is that before this recent switch, Croatia was a very handy timeout for my Aussie chums in Europe, as Croatia used not to count towards the days they spent in Schengen. Thanks again! \m/
As a Schengen citizen I had never stopped to think about that!
Oh darn, sounds like you’ll have to find a new country to explore…
You are Very lucky your wife enjoys trains and travel as much as you do. Love your content
Very lucky indeed!
Running as fast as you can to catch the train - it can't happen - oh yes, it does!!
Your best video to date. Gave me a Rick Steve's vibe.Liked the JFK joke.
Danke schön. High praise!
Looking forward to seeing Thom & Lindsey Amtrak Across America.
Classical Music is awesome! :) Last time I was in Bratislava was back in 2011. I'd love to go back!
I’d like to go back and see more of Slovakia too!
I enjoyed the video👍👍
I'm glad!
Thank you for sharing part 2 of your trip Thom! I really enjoyed both videos! I feel like being a British citizen, I feel lucky being able to travel to Europe easily. I liked your sit down commentary in parts during the video. I visited Zagreb a few years ago, Vienna many years ago, Slovenia - numerous times. The Czech Republic is one of my favourite European countries. It's worth a visit. Looking forward to your next US adventures. 🙂
I visited Prague back in 2017. Been longing to go back!
Cool video and preview of all the Amtrak adventures that are in the works
Great video, greetings from Croatian railfan :) Actually, vast majority of the railway mainlines in our country is currently under general reconstruction process. Track work from Hunagrian border via Koprivnca do Zagreb started in 2016 and is scheduled to end in 2025 - there is upgrade of the corridor including conversion of a single track railway to double track on the entire 100 km long route. Maximum track speed will be raised from 100-140 km/h to 160 km/h.
I’m glad that things are improving! Also I love the 6112 series trains. I had a great time Trainspotting in Zagreb.
@@Thom-TRA Love 6112 series too. Last 10 units will be delivered by the mid-2024.
Nice. After my compliments of last weeks (that still implies for this one), two of my experiences on the rails. First 1991.
We arrived by nighttrain in Milano from Bari at 6. Made some coffee and looked for a train home. A train to Zürich, change in Arth-Goldau to Basel. After arriving there it appeared that a direct train to Amsterdam was due in 3 minutes. At its platform the conductor had a problem with an elderly lady, trying to board the train. Our chance to get on! In 2022:
Traveling from Utrecht to Athens by rail and boat, the Nightjet Munich-Venice was vital, but it didn't run. Was sent to Salzburg in the middle of the night. Eventualy reached Athes via Wien and from there by air, not my favorite way of traveling. In the end ÖBB (Austrian Railways) compensated nearly 75% of the extra costs. Thanks ÖBB!
Thank you for this great video ! I thoroughly enjoyed it all, and have taken most routes that you showed. Amusingly, the music that was playing when you went to the concert in Vienna was not composed by Mozart ! Looking forward immensely to your trip with Lindsey to the West Coast by Amtrak, and the various transportation systems in Seattle, and hopefully Portland too !
There was a strict no-recording policy at the venue so I had to be very sneaky, decided to save my delinquent actions for a tune everybody would recognize!
@@Thom-TRA well done, and I’m sure most viewers would have recognised The Blue Danube !
oh man. I am very excited for your reports on Amtrak
I finally got around to watching these videos. I was keeping up with your other videos but I for some reason skipped over these until now. They were fantastic! And I am very excited to see more of what you teased at the end. :)
Thanks for going back and watching them, that means so much to me!
I loved seeing the 5-years later perspective commentary for this journey; it is always fun to look back on trips! Looking forward to what comes next.
I played around with the idea last year’s and then this spring I thought, 5 year anniversary, perfect opportunity!
I already have a rough itinerary of a rail pass trip (although I had to add 2 flights between Salt Lake and Spokane and Chicago to Charlotte)
Great story Thom. Your new videos look very promising. 👍
I’m excited to share them!
Most countries in Europe display the platform the train is leaving from at the last minute
This trip was awesome and so well planned and played!!! The woman who saved your transfer was an angel!!! Can’t wait for the cross-country adventures!!! Yay!!!
I've found your old travel videos fascinating. I was particularly intrigued to see you wearing a Downeaster shirt while doing the narration, as I happen to be wearing an identical shirt today. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing you USA Rail Pass journeys.
Aww we’re twins!
Looks like a fun trip. I like all the electric MU sets and locos. My favorite thing about rail travel is always the people you meet. Thanks!
You do meet some great people!
I really enjoyed this series as you took us back to your adventure through Europe via Interrail. My favorite part is your narration throughout the video. Keep up the amazing work. Liebe Grüße aus Chicago
I’m glad the narration was a success! Hope the flooding didn’t affect you too much.
Nice stuff. I've not done long train trips myself but I am considering the option. Especially since I live in Denmark and because we since 2020 have had something called a "Rejsepas". A week long ticket, only sold during the summer, for 7 consequtive days of unlimited public transit across all of Denmark for 400kr, or about 55 euros. It aint quite Deutschland ticket good but I am heavily considering taking a trip around my home country in August and just seeing stuff
That is a really good deal for a week!
@@Thom-TRA Yup. Even considering where I live and the distance of the relatively short trip to Copenhagen, I could be saving money, even if I just took the train to and from Copenhagen 4 times! Like compared to the ticket prices here, its insanely good!
I so enjoyed both videos Thom. I have never traveled overnight but hopefully one day l will. So many beautiful places to see and look forward to more from you guys. Thanks👍
I’m so happy you enjoyed the videos! Stay tuned for more
I love seeing Euro travel! I miss Europe all the time, so it makes me feel like I’m there. Looking forward to what’s to come.
Great stuff. 👌 Definitely worth visiting Plitvice Lakes National Park, Split and Dubrovnik when you next visit Croatia. And Lublijana in Slovenia is also a must. 😍
You should try Slovenian Coaches, the best seats😉
Looks like an awesome time and a list of places to visit. Were there any language barriers?
German and French were fine, and once you spend enough time in Slavic-speaking countries, you can kind of figure out what the signs are saying. But Hungary, that was difficult! Especially since the conductors didn’t speak any English either.
@@Thom-TRA so brush up on my French and German, thanks, we’re headed to the general areas in spring of 2024.
JFK was the wurst and just trying to curry favour.
Never tried it myself but the beer is surprisingly potent.🙂
Best puns ever
Very enjoyable, just watched your two videos on travel in Europe. It was quite timely that I saw these (we just returned from a 86 day trip to Alaska and back to GR in our motorhome) today as my wife and I were discussing travel plans for 2024 and I suggested buying an Eurail pass and just fly into Schiphol and set off in some direction. For the first time in a number of years we don't have any travel plans other than to sell our home in GR and move to Florida. Would you have any suggestions? We have traveled by train in Europe a number of times, but there is still more to explore. Thanks!
Did you know I used to live in GR for 4 years?
I’d recommend the Netherlands (cities other than Amsterdam, like Leiden and The Hague). Switzerland and Italy are some of my favs as well, and there’s lots of great things to do Germany along the way.
@@Thom-TRA yes, I new you lived in GR for school. Was it Calvin or GVSU? I don't remember. Our only time in Amsterdam was on our way home from Italy on September 11, 2001. We lived in Schiphol for a couple days. We have traveled France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Estonia, Prague, London. Obviously there is more to see. We were thinking to see more of the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, etc. Thanks for your response and suggestions. Looking forward to your Amtrak vids.
Speaking and transcontinental rail trip got me thinking about how many you can do virtually the whole continent north/south and east/west.Europe and Australia I think are the only two. Europe is the only one I have done that in and my longest Aussie trip was Sydney to Melbourne and v.v.on the XPT sleeping train.
Did you use the Hannover Berlin Bad Bentheim route or Berlin Minden Duisburg Utrecht back to the Netherlands?
Berlin Minden Duisburg
I have been to Slovenia, stayed in Ljubljana, made a quick hop in Jesenice and Bohinjska Bistrica and naturally saw the Lake Bohinj, everything was extremely scenic! Slovenia is a surprisingly great place to be, with a somewhat good public transport, and especially now that modern Stadler trains have rolled out, that should make it very comfortable to get around!
I’d like to explore the caves in Postojna and take the train to Trieste someday.
@@Thom-TRA I've been recommended both of those things by friends, so they sound indeed worthwhile!
Aw, Doc7Austin gets good train footage
Heck, I'm a metalhead and even I would have really enjoyed seeing classical Mozart being performed in Vienna. Or anywhere else, for that matter. :)
Concerts are just great
@@Thom-TRA well, concerts by TALENTED folks (like a good orchestra) are great. :D
You guys had an awesome trip around Europe. I know you and Lindsey will have a great trip across the country on Amtrak!! Looking forward on your videos Thom!!
We loved our trip!
You committed a most serious offense ! On the Prague-Berlin train, there was a dining car and you did not go 🙂
And from watching too many videos, I have learned that in europe, except for high speed trains, it is always imortant to ool at the sign on the door because international trains often split up during trip and new cars from other cities join in. (Especially common for Night jet for instance().
From watching videos of a person who chided you in this video, the Polish PKP trains are also nice and serve nice food in their dining cars.
The one that is sadly gone for quite some time was the Paris-Berlin-Moscow train served by RZD with bogies changes at Brest in Belarus. Had different restaurant car in the west, and one for Belarus-Russia segment (restaurant cars do do gauge change , I think because they have generator attached to bogies).
Hahaha your trip really did not go that smooth as you made it out to be! *Schadenfreude* 😁
This is just the kind of stress I was talking about. So I guess, it is a good learning experience for high school grads (or Gymnasium Abiturienten) in how to deal with unforeseen problems -- albeit, seasoned travelors know and see them well: missed connetions, cancelations, disappeared reservations. That's what credit cards are for: If you get stuck somewhere, you can buy yourself out.
As for travel companion friends ghosting you after the trip, I've heard of that problem from other friends. It happens alot when you get stuck overnight at an airport or train station or something else like that happens. They get pissed at you for taking them out of their comfort zone. As long as you didn't do anything criminal to them or they to you, I wouldn't worry about it. You'll have something to talk about in years to come at the bar or at parties.
I think you misheard the part about us still being friends. I said we did remain friends. No ghosting or anything…
@@Thom-TRA yeah, you didn't get stuck in train station in the middle of nowhere overnight!
0:23 Natasha Romanoff is proud that she doesn't have to correct your pronunciation. 😉
Are you Dutch or American?
3:34 Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed in doc7austin for that comment. Guess I won't be watching their videos anymore.
It is a very old comment so you can always give him another chance! You decide who you watch :)
Great Video thx for sharing stay safe 😊😊👍👍🚝🚞🚞🚋🚋🚋🚋🚊🚊🚊🏬🏬🏢🏢🏣🏤🏥🏥🏗
Thanks, you too!