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Feb 27, 2008 | 7:10 am
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Ok, here goes: On the ICE trains second class is probably bearable (allegedly, I don't do 2nd class 
). However on IC and RE trains it is just the pits. Always go for First Class. IC trains do not have air-con in 2nd class only in 1st. (important obviously only in summer). RE trains don't have a/c in neither class.
If the price difference is only 10 then it is a no-brainer !
). However on IC and RE trains it is just the pits. Always go for First Class. IC trains do not have air-con in 2nd class only in 1st. (important obviously only in summer). RE trains don't have a/c in neither class. If the price difference is only 10 then it is a no-brainer !
Mar 2, 2008 | 10:42 am
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So from the Hamburg airport to IC hotel, taxi should be fine?
Also, what is there to see in Hamburg? Any place good to eat? I'm on a somewhat tight budget (well the USD thinks so) and I get in about noon into HAM and got the rest of the day to browse around and relax.
And what time would you leave the hotel to catch a 946AM train (with a stop in the lounge)
Also, what is there to see in Hamburg? Any place good to eat? I'm on a somewhat tight budget (well the USD thinks so) and I get in about noon into HAM and got the rest of the day to browse around and relax.
And what time would you leave the hotel to catch a 946AM train (with a stop in the lounge)
Mar 8, 2008 | 3:09 pm
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No problem. It should be around EUR 25. It goes up to EUR 40 at least if you ask the hotel for an airport pickup.
I guess you are leaving from the main railway station. It should be about 10mn away from the IC. Hamburg Damtor is even closer (5-6mn away). There is nothing really special about the DB lounges. They don't even have decent expresso machines.
As a side note, although I am a RA member and I enjoy the IC Hamburg, I now find that the overall experience as an SPG Plat is better at Le Royal Meridien Hamburg.
And what time would you leave the hotel to catch a 946AM train (with a stop in the lounge)
As a side note, although I am a RA member and I enjoy the IC Hamburg, I now find that the overall experience as an SPG Plat is better at Le Royal Meridien Hamburg.
Mar 8, 2008 | 5:45 pm
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Well I took the trip a few days ago. All I can say is wow. Hamburg is a nice city. Nice people from who I met and also good prices. Food despite the usd being so crappy I still had a huge tasty dinner. Hotel was great. And the train station is amazing. Trains are very nice. I guess none of you ever took a polish train before though as I planned I had problems with the car from almost getting denied a port export stamp to getting a flat 50km into the drive back to poland. But I did make it at the end and I have to visit those germans more often.
Well I took the trip a few days ago. All I can say is wow. Hamburg is a nice city. Nice people from who I met and also good prices. Food despite the usd being so crappy I still had a huge tasty dinner. Hotel was great. And the train station is amazing. Trains are very nice. I guess none of you ever took a polish train before
though as I planned I had problems with the car from almost getting denied a port export stamp to getting a flat 50km into the drive back to poland. But I did make it at the end and I have to visit those germans more often.
Mar 9, 2008 | 12:04 am
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