I've been bitchn so much about the trains, I thought I'd throw a change up and say some nice things about taking the train in Europe. Here we go.
When you take the train you get to see most of the graffiti in town. In some towns, it's the only place were there is graffiti. In Toulouse I didn't see any street art until the train left the station towards Arles. Then there was tons of it by the tracks.
Generally when you arrive in a town and your at the central train station there is a metro or tram that can get you where you need to go. Not always the case with airports.
No security checks. You can keep your shoes on and your pants don't fall to the floor when you take your belt off.
Trains are on time. My experience so far anyway. (all of this is generally speaking of course)
The people on the trains are polite, and follow the rules when it comes to not smoking or talking on cell phones.
On the train towards Amsterdam, the announcements where made in Dutch and English. This was frightening on the French trains, the announcements where only in French and you cringe, hoping that he is not saying something like. "If you are going to Toulouse, your need to get off at the next stop or you will be put in prison, where the guards do not speak English". Sorry, just a tiny little complaint, mon petite.
And best of all, when I was standing in the cafe car having a beer, avoiding the kicking 3 year old. I asked the attendant how fast we were going. "Do you want mph or kilometers" he asked. I was thinking we were maybe going 90 or 100 mph, we were really moving. "175 mph" was his answer. Wow, I thought, that's freaking cool.
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