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In our second podcast I deal with a travel topic: Trains, Buses and Trams, the World of Public Transportation in Germany.
Germany’s Fastest Train - the ICE 3
Listen to find out about the 3 different types of trains you can take and to help you decide which train (and price category) is right for your trip. You’ll also hear about the 4 ways in which you can buy your tickets, with a short description of some tips and tricks for each one.
Here is the link to the exceptionally useful DeutscheBahn (German Railway) website - in English, where you can do some really detailed planning about your trip in Germany and to most other European countries as well.
I’ll also give you some real insider tips about:
- where to sit if the train is full
- what to do if you are running late for your train and you have not bought a ticket
- how you can be spontaneous and get off to visit a city that interests you even if you haven’t reached your main destination
Music for this show is, once again, from the band Leave Earth and the song is called the Magic. Do go visit their website if you enjoy the song and check out some more of their music and their videos.
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I was glad to hear you using some German in this podcast. I think that a little bit of vocab in every episode would be cool and useful—just the easier stuff is okay.
The white background noise was pretty much gone in this one.
In one of your next episodes on Trains, Busses and Trams don’t forget to mention how convenient it can be to jump on a train from one of the airports, especially from either the airport in Frankfort or Düsseldorf. I’m not positive but doesn’t Lufthansa (the German airline carrier) also have a system worked out with DB for your baggage? So, let’s say you fly into Frankfurt and intend on getting a connecting train (not plane) to Stuttgart, would you have to pick your bags up in Frankfurt yourself and carry them onto the train to Stuttgart, or would they do that for you, so that you wouldn’t actually have to see your luggage until you reach Stuttgart?
auf Wiedersehen!