A Historic Note

[foxgrrl]

I'm currently typing this post while traveling at 300km/hour! (I'm on a Thalys train.) As an aside, all of the trains here in Europe are spooky-quiet. Like more quiet than my hybrid car. I'm used to BART and Caltrain, which are so loud you can't hold a conversation with the person next to you. Here, I can hear people whispering at the other end of this car.

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[cyberspice.livejournal.com]

The first time I went in to SF I went by Cal Train from Sunnyvale. Since that's the same distance as two cities near to my home city I expected the journal to take the same time. Well the train from Leeds to York takes 25 minutes and the on to Manchester (which is a slow line) takes an hour. I didn't expect the Cal Train to be as slow as it was! Leeds to London is a little over 2 hours and is 200 miles. Its comfortable and there's free wi-fi. I always take the train rather than drive.