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Hello London.
Hello some incredibly phallic tower blocks.
Hello London bus drivers who know precisely the width of their vehicle, take no shit from car drivers, and thereby delight the kids sitting at the front of the top deck. And also get me to Victoria Coach Station in time for an earlier bus.
Hello friendly National Express driver who told me not to tell anyone, as he let me on an earlier bus than my ticket allowed. -
Hello London.
Hello some incredibly phallic tower blocks.
Hello London bus drivers who know precisely the width of their vehicle, take no shit from car drivers, and thereby delight the kids sitting at the front of the top deck. And also get me to Victoria Coach Station in time for an earlier bus.
Hello friendly National Express driver who told me not to tell anyone, as he let me on an earlier bus than my ticket allowed. -
Waterside breakfast in Amsterdam was sponsored by my rules on zero food waste and the UK rules on cheese from the EU.
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Hello Netherlands. Hello clear blue sky. Hello tractor spreading fresh shit on a field, clouds of water vapour trailing behind in the frosty air.
Hello also a convenient 90 minute delay on the night train. Delays somehow feel different when you're lying in a bed. My connection at Amsterdam was a safe 3 hours for precisely this scenario.
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Now that I got me to the fish it's the home straight now. Familiar #SwedenToWales stuff.
The main haul is Berlin–Amsterdam by #EuropeanSleeper with a couchette for £36 (that was a sale price, but under £50 is standard).
Hamburg–Berlin before that? Well that's £12 and takes two hours with Deutsche Bahn.
And why Amsterdam? Welcome to the world of Eurostar pricing: a 4hr ride from NL to London via Brussels can cost less than just the 2hr ride from Brussels. -
OK, let's talk fish.
This building just south of the Elbe and surrounded by industrial buildings, an autobahn and the main rail tracks south from Hamburg looks like a normal house but is Veddeler Fischgaststätte.
It's been there since the 1920s through war and flood. They know fish.Like fish and chips? Go.
Are you some kind of fish and potato salad weirdo? Go.
The only other menu choice is herring/not herring, and baby/klein/groß portion size. -
OK, let's talk fish.
This building just south of the Elbe and surrounded by industrial buildings, an autobahn and the main rail tracks south from Hamburg looks like a normal house but is Veddeler Fischgaststätte.
It's been there since the 1920s through war and flood. They know fish.Like fish and chips? Go.
Are you some kind of fish and potato salad weirdo? Go.
The only other menu choice is herring/not herring, and baby/klein/groß portion size. -
Electrified autobahn west of Lübeck.
Like Sweden built near Gävle, and then dismantled. -
Hello Germany. Hello passport control. Hello the last 90 minutes of this Flixbus journey to Hamburg.
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Made it to the boat, specifically the electric hybrid ferry from Rødby to Puttgarden.
Which means it's time to play #HummusRoulette. -
Made it to the boat, specifically the electric hybrid ferry from Rødby to Puttgarden.
Which means it's time to play #HummusRoulette. -
I hate the smell of airports* in the morning**.
Even ignoring aviation's climate impacts, why do we tolerate that much damage to local air quality?
* Specifically today, CPH Kastrup, but let's face it they're all equally bad.
** No better, pm.
#GetMeToTheFish
#NotFlying -
@richardnosworthy
A German pal has tipped me off about (quote) the best fish and chips in Germany.
I find out at 4pm today whether the "in Germany" caveat recalibrates everything.
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But today promises foreign lands, no first class, and that fish. Also a Flixbus and a ferry. All human life is here, well more than yesterday.
Including the guy who boarded the bus and proceeded to get partially undressed. (It is warm, he should have worn shorts.)
And the guy who's already on his second cup of a proper Middle Eastern tea.
And the fact that here on Flixbus, beer is the same price as Coke – please buy it from the driver.
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Also the curse of 1st class. The price of the free food is a dull journey.
There were boring USians I could have mocked. Airports of the world stories epitomise tedium.
There was a skier who nearly missed their stop and disembarked in a bizarre fluster of kit after first insisting on getting fully togged up – incredibly slowly.
There was a Swede who spent 2 hours watching Love Island UK (or was it the Teletubbies?) on his laptop, the screen annoyingly in my sightline. -
Yesterday's travel tooting was very/too focussed on how much things cost. (Oh, and toilets.)
Partly my fault. I was trying to show that even in expensive rail countries like Sweden, most Brits will be amazed how cheap public transport is.
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They do save money on the heating on this Snälltåg. Not cold, but shorts not ideal.
But it may pay dividends if it earns me an edible hummus snack on the Flixbus tomorrow morning.Almost on time into Malmö C. Sorted me a hotel a 3-minute walk away. Place I've stayed before and on an early March Monday, it's under 600kr (£48) a night, with huge breakfast.
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They do save money on the heating on this Snälltåg. Not cold, but shorts not ideal.
But it may pay dividends if it earns me an edible hummus snack on the Flixbus tomorrow morning.Almost on time into Malmö C. Sorted me a hotel a 3-minute walk away. Place I've stayed before and on an early March Monday, it's under 600kr (£48) a night, with huge breakfast.
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Today's second train gets back on the bargain track.
5 hours from Stockholm to Malmö by Snälltåget for a whopping 149kr, around £12. It's a more classic train than the tilting SJ Snabbtåg, but just as comfortable and only 20 minutes longer journey time.
That ticket was a good find but is the going rate if you book ahead. Oh and the ticket is rebookable if you need to change date.
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Today's second train gets back on the bargain track.
5 hours from Stockholm to Malmö by Snälltåget for a whopping 149kr, around £12. It's a more classic train than the tilting SJ Snabbtåg, but just as comfortable and only 20 minutes longer journey time.
That ticket was a good find but is the going rate if you book ahead. Oh and the ticket is rebookable if you need to change date.
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Made it to Stockholm no worries.
And despite what I said before about going the cheap way, I'm in the SJ Lounge thanks to a 1st class ticket.
On the train, you just get free tea/coffee and posh (aka boring) neighbours.
But the lounge at Stockholm C has a comfy waiting area, genuinely healthy and tasty veggie food and, er, toilets that don't cost.
The £5 extra I spent to go 1st class would barely buy a coffee. Just the toilet saves £1 a, er, pop (TMI?).
#GetMeToTheFish
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Made it to Stockholm no worries.
And despite what I said before about going the cheap way, I'm in the SJ Lounge thanks to a 1st class ticket.
On the train, you just get free tea/coffee and posh (aka boring) neighbours.
But the lounge at Stockholm C has a comfy waiting area, genuinely healthy and tasty veggie food and, er, toilets that don't cost.
The £5 extra I spent to go 1st class would barely buy a coffee. Just the toilet saves £1 a, er, pop (TMI?).
#GetMeToTheFish
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The carrots are in play. In other words, I have set rail.
Next stop: Stockholm Central.Feeling very un-Swedish on this train.
(a) I don't have skis with me – Vasaloppet, the world's biggest ski race, took place 50km away yesterday.
(b) I'm wearing shorts not thermals.
(c) I'm not wearing top to toe black. Nor bluetooth headphones. -
The carrots are in play. In other words, I have set rail.
Next stop: Stockholm Central.Feeling very un-Swedish on this train.
(a) I don't have skis with me – Vasaloppet, the world's biggest ski race, took place 50km away yesterday.
(b) I'm wearing shorts not thermals.
(c) I'm not wearing top to toe black. Nor bluetooth headphones. -
Setting off at lunchtime for another round of #NotFlying #SwedenToWales
Money saving the priority this time, with day (£30) and night (£35) trains, a Flixbus (£20) through Denmark and a (free) short ferry hop. Then posh Eurostar Plus for under £50.
En route, there'll be #HummusRoulette but the culinary highlight is purportedly Germany's finest fish and chips. Where, you ask? Not saying. Yet.
Follow #GetMeToTheFish (on time) to find out.