1. Train travel is great. We bought a rail pass before we went and essentially could go anywhere we wanted without having to drive and try to understand road signs in different foreign languages.
2. Train travel is great unless there is an electrical storm...If there is lightning, the electric trains seem to just stop (go figure) leaving you stranded and/or taking a 45 minute detour around the storm
3. Check the city calendar of the city you are going to BEFORE you go. For example, we ended up arriving in Cologne, Germany for a gigantic Gay Pride Festival. Now Tony and I are not haters, however we hate gross displays of public affection and sexuality regardless of sexual orientation. We saw enough....I'll leave it at that.
4. Old man public urination in pristine medieval city parks is gross, but kind of funny.
5. Teenage public urination on train station walls is just gross. We were on a train from Wuppertal, Germany to Cologne, Germany that was packed. I mean it was so packed I ended up having my face shoved into some sweaty guys pits for about 35 minutes (gross). This train was filled with tons of people going into Cologne for the Gay Pride Festival. People were drinking on the train and had to use the restroom...which was difficult to get to since the train was so packed. We stopped at some small station and several teenage boys jumped off the train and started taking care of their business against the wall of the station...the doors closed and we thought we were rid of them, but somehow they got back onto the train in a different car and rejoined us at the next stop.
6. Public puking onto the sidewalk is gross, and it doesn't matter who is doing it.
7. It is amazing how multi-lingual homeless bums can be.
8. Cities with good public transportation are wonderful to travel to
I have more things to tell everyone, but I will save it for when I have pictures.
