The ICE, InterCityExpress, in Germany moves along at a nice clip. Using "one thousand one, one thousand two, one thousand three, as my stopwatch I estimated we were traveling at 200 km/hr, which is roughly 120-130 mph. Contrast that to my father's trip from Syracuse on Amtrak last week. I'm not sure what the top speed was but the 300-mile trip took six hours, for an average of 50 mph (~80 km/hr). Amtrak is cheap, especially with a senior discount, but you'll save at least an hour by driving.
Tomorrow: A much slower German train.
Blocked Alley Update: turns out they are working on the fish market building.
Amtrak blows. My 375 mile trip from NYC to Montreal was scheduled to take 10 hours, and ended up taking 13. In both directions. Even discounting the 3 hour delay at the border, that's less than 40mph.
Posted by: JMoney | 29 August 2006 at 01:09 AM
I like the laughing in the background.
Posted by: judy | 29 August 2006 at 09:03 AM