Happy Hoursext_3311880August 19 2016, 13:03:38 UTC
"Happy hours" is a beautiful misuse that really just means "this train is west of Germany and north of Vienna." Basically, if you're in the bits of Europe where a beer for 4 euros could start a land war, you can pay 1.2 euros.
RE: Re: Happy Hoursext_3311880August 19 2016, 13:35:27 UTC
Ahh, but you're missing out on the full extent of my statement. It is also happy hours in Slovakia and Hungary. It is also, presumably, happy hours in Poland and the Balkans, but I don't think a ČD/JLV dining car goes there.
Re: Re: Happy HourshobnobsAugust 19 2016, 20:29:39 UTC
I can agree about the Balkans... A Beer for 1.2 Euros in non-touristy Bulgaria? I've spent most of the last three months paying that at most! (And I'm actually in a reasonabl touristy area, I just know where to go.)
Usually it's about 0.90 Euro, and that's at places where I trust the beer that being served. There are places reasonably close-ish to where I've been living that sell a pint (well, 500ml) of beer for 1 Lev (about half a euro), but I've never felt the urge - or bravery - to sample the "delights" of such establishments... I'll stick to the places I know buy legal/reputable stuff, or at least named bottles.
London has about the same population as the Czech Republic, so it doesn't seem unreasonable that it should cost about the same to cross either of them.
An all-day travelcard for the Netherlands can be found for €15-20 and that covers ~17M people. £11.90 will get you a London zones 1-9 travelcard and that's ~10M people.
I was wondering what you were doing back in town while we were away. As we were in NL last week, I can confirm that an all-day travelcard for the (greater, I think) Amsterdam area is €7.50, and an hour-long intercity bus ride is under €6.
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This explains a great deal.
In fact that's possibly the wisest thing I've ever not heard you say in so many words.
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Usually it's about 0.90 Euro, and that's at places where I trust the beer that being served. There are places reasonably close-ish to where I've been living that sell a pint (well, 500ml) of beer for 1 Lev (about half a euro), but I've never felt the urge - or bravery - to sample the "delights" of such establishments... I'll stick to the places I know buy legal/reputable stuff, or at least named bottles.
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An all-day travelcard for the Netherlands can be found for €15-20 and that covers ~17M people. £11.90 will get you a London zones 1-9 travelcard and that's ~10M people.
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I was wondering what you were doing back in town while we were away. As we were in NL last week, I can confirm that an all-day travelcard for the (greater, I think) Amsterdam area is €7.50, and an hour-long intercity bus ride is under €6.
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Bradford for the weekend, then London Mon/Tue.
And yes, continental trains are much cheaper. But Eastern European ones are cheaper still...
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> I'm not used to this "leaving time" thing, but I'm trying to learn it, to get used to it.
At the risk of using a worn out trope... "Ain't that the truth." :D
(I can remember trying to get you to your own birthday party on time... Needless to say we were late. ;) )
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