• Beryl@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    You can go from Paris to Stuttgart in less 3h 30min by train. No customs, no TSA, downtown to downtown.

    • Synapse@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      TGV > ICE

      I stopped counting how many times the ICE broke down on this route. Of course I also had delays when using the TGV but not due to the train itself. Also the seats in the ICE are not comfortable at all.

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      7 months ago

      In the current political climate, border control is unfortunate becoming much more common. I had the border policy empty our bus and search everyone with dogs and half of us had to open our bags.

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        7 months ago

        On my vacation in Germany we were not once asked on the train for our passports. We are white. The police would demand every non-white persons’ “visa” and most of the time the questioned individual would produce a German ID or an ID from another EU member state.

        It was a sad sight.

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          7 months ago

          Well there’s is some racism due to the begger problem in the trains, but they’re also just assholes

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          7 months ago

          Pretty much. And it you look latino… You’ll be lucky if you don’t get interrogated or searched as I heard from close friends…