> >>>>> >>>> If I was in Europe, I don't think I'd ever fly. > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> Trains are a lot more fun, and in Europe you can > actually get > >>>>> >>>> somewhere on 'em. > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> Let's see... Oslo -> London by train... > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> Route will go through: > >>>> >>> Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, > Belgium, France, and UK. > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> No central itinerary planner, will have to do it by studying > >>>> >>> the national railways of at least 5 countries/languages. > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> Longest stretch I can book from Oslo is to > Gothenburg, Sweden. > >>>> >>> It costs about as much as a low-fare airline ticket > to London, > >>>> >>> takes 3 hours 50 minutes, and I haven't even traveled _one > >>>> >>> quarter_ of the way yet. > >>> >> > >>> >> And, without looking at a map, I'll guess that the distance is > >>> >> somewhere between that of San Francisco to LA, or > maybe as far as Seattle. > >> > > >> > London to Oslo is about 1100 miles as the crow (or cormorant) > >> > flies. A lot of water in between: Makes putting down > train tracks > >> > difficult :) Time to start digging a tunnel... > >> > > >> > > > Or about LA to Seattle. > > I was referring to the Oslo to Gothenburg leg of the trip. > > Or you might be able to find a website to help with planning > your itinerary. > > http://www.seat61.com/Norway.htm > > Mainly devoted to going the other direction, but it does > include Oslo -> London. I guess they figure you might want to > travel the other direction to get back to London if nothing else. > > I'd fly TO Europe or to England, but once there going to all > those other different places isn't really so much a hardship > for me as it is an opportunity.
It's quite a difficult journey to plan. A few years ago I tried to organise the trip from London to St. Petersburg and back by train for a non-flyer in her 80s. It would have been far to difficult for her, and she ended up going on a cruise there instead. Deutsche Bahn's website is excellent for planning European rail travel. The classic off-line resource is Thomas Cook's European Rail Timetable, used in conjunction with their map. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
