Travel Tips I have learned

[kelly from ontario]

liz
i sure did laugh at this while i read it.you have alot of info and i agree that i myself am not too proud any more.i am only able to sit and stand still for short periods and am considering surgery in germany so your tips are appreciated
thanks again kelly

[dridobits]

I laughed too when I wrote it as I thought...these guys are going to think this one is absolutely nuts. Oh well, at least I'm not boring. For me, spinal surgery and cancer have been the great equalizers and made me humble. Attributes I now enjoy from others.

[travelbugz]

from all the travels you have experienced, there's no one actually who can take away all the memorable and embarrassing moments you've been through. While reading your post, i learned some things and laugh about it at the same time. Good share Liz.

[mmglobal]

If I consider myself to be a fairly experienced traveler. It still amazes me how easy it is to make a mistake. Last week I was making my way from Zwickau to Munich. I left the hotel just after 8:00 AM, taking a cab to the local train station. It was standing room only on the 1 hour train ride to Leipzig. After changing trains I arrived at the Leipzig Airport shortly after 11:00 AM. I was told that my flight was canceled due to weather but they can put me on a train to Munich that would arrive at 4:30 PM. Unconcerned about a 2 hour delay, I took the train back to the main station in Leipzig. I thought I had better check so I went to the information counter to verify that might train was on time and still the parking from the same platform.

After a quick bite to eat I went to the right platform at the right time and got on the train. A few minutes into the ride the conductor came by to check my ticket. Whoops! I was on a train to Berlin. Just my luck; this was a non-stop, high speed train. It was great to be going 200 kilometers per hour (125 MPH), but sadly, it was an wrong direction. Buy 4:30 PM, I was back in Leipzig, almost where I started. After four more hours on the train, I arrived in Munich at 8:30 PM.

I like seeing more of Germany, but the monochrome bare trees and snow landscape and train station after a train station was not what I had in mind.

Hopefully, someone learn from this and not make the same mistake I did.

All the best,

Mark

[Eddie G]

For people who have back pain and cannot sit, the train is the way to go. I take Amtrak whenever I would go to Florida. I get the H car so I can lay down throughout the ride but still have room to walk around in the cabin. You need to show your disability ID card to get this room.
I hate flying anyway. I just dont feel safe anymore, from a security point of view to a maintainance view, to an air traffic control POV. There is mandatory retirement coming up for all the air traffic workers replaced during the Reagan administration strike. There will be a BUNCH of new air traffic controllers filling jobs and that's one learning curve that I choose not to be a part of.

Plus the food on trains is way better...at least in America.