Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!minow From: minow@decvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.railroad Subject: Getting Around Overseas Message-ID: <116@decvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Jun-83 18:01:23 EDT Article-I.D.: decvax.116 Posted: Tue Jun 21 18:01:23 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jun-83 05:30:49 EDT Lines: 23 Deak-Perera (a money exchange company) has a give-away booklet for travellers with a variety of helpful hints. Readers of net.railroad might appreciate the following: "One improvement Americans quickly note in Europe is the abundance and quality of public transportation. Bus and train service between cities is frequent and relatively inexpensive.... One cautionary note: Don't count on trains being late since maintaining schedules is a point of pride for the operators." When I was in Europe two years ago, I made one marathon trip from Granada (Southern Spain) to Interlaken, Switzerland. Several of the connections had 3-4 minutes leeway (in the published time-table). No trouble making them, either. If you're going to railroad (Eurail or Interrail pass) in Europe, you'd be well-advised to find a copy of the Thomas Cook Time-table. It has pretty-much every railroad schedule in Europe. Martin Minow decvax!minow