Germany in January
Dec 15, 2001 | 5:23 pm
#16
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You can get dirt cheap fares through:
www.ryanair.com
www.buzzaway.com
www.virginexpress.com
no miles, no service, but often under $50 rt!!!
www.ryanair.com
www.buzzaway.com
www.virginexpress.com
no miles, no service, but often under $50 rt!!!
Dec 16, 2001 | 4:32 pm
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If you take the car transporter train thru the Chunnel, you will find yourself driving on the left, in a left-hand drive car. Unless you have A LOT (as opposed to none whatsoever) of experience driving on the left, I do not recommend this. Sitting on the wrong side is one of the ways we subliminally remember to drive on the wrong side. Do not drive on the left for the first time in a left-hand drive car. Unless you have truly EXCEPTIONAL powers of concentration it will be dangerous.
Dec 16, 2001 | 8:26 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by RichG:
If you take the car transporter train thru the Chunnel, you will find yourself driving on the left, in a left-hand drive car. Unless you have A LOT (as opposed to none whatsoever) of experience driving on the left, I do not recommend this. Sitting on the wrong side is one of the ways we subliminally remember to drive on the wrong side. Do not drive on the left for the first time in a left-hand drive car. Unless you have truly EXCEPTIONAL powers of concentration it will be dangerous.</font>
If you take the car transporter train thru the Chunnel, you will find yourself driving on the left, in a left-hand drive car. Unless you have A LOT (as opposed to none whatsoever) of experience driving on the left, I do not recommend this. Sitting on the wrong side is one of the ways we subliminally remember to drive on the wrong side. Do not drive on the left for the first time in a left-hand drive car. Unless you have truly EXCEPTIONAL powers of concentration it will be dangerous.</font>
I always thought it would be the same in the rest of Europe. If not, yes, it could be extremely difficult to keep up.
Everyone else, thanks for all the great advise. Hey, how long is one stuck in that chunnel thing. I take it, its a tunnel that goes underwater?
Dec 17, 2001 | 10:32 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by lisamcgu:
Hey, how long is one stuck in that chunnel thing. I take it, its a tunnel that goes underwater?</font>
Hey, how long is one stuck in that chunnel thing. I take it, its a tunnel that goes underwater?</font>
http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/eu...nel_tunnel.htm
http://www.channeltunnel.co.uk/
Hope it helps.
Dec 17, 2001 | 12:38 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Eugene:
The channel crossing time for Eurostar train is only 20 minutes. For more information see these links:
http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/eu...nel_tunnel.htm
http://www.channeltunnel.co.uk/
Hope it helps.</font>
The channel crossing time for Eurostar train is only 20 minutes. For more information see these links:
http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/eu...nel_tunnel.htm
http://www.channeltunnel.co.uk/
Hope it helps.</font>
Under the seabed, huh? I don't know why, but I feel safer flying. If anything happened, I would think there is at least a chance I could pop up from under the water (although I don't know how deep the channel is), but to try and get out from somewhere not only underwater, but under 150' of seabed, I would think even MacGuyer couldn't make it.
There must be others that feel this way, although the chunnel has been around for awhile, so it is probably old hat to most by now.