tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post1970927917716604752..comments2021-10-05T19:44:46.905+02:00Comments on BerlinBites: The Emigrant's Dilemma, Chapter 1: Get Outta TownJon Lebkowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16248713335392018033noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-81457616556816430822008-05-10T13:18:00.000+02:002008-05-10T13:18:00.000+02:00Yes, but they're doing it as their job, and not as...Yes, but they're doing it as their job, and not as a hobby (like on usenet)... But I'd still recommend sending an email or a fax first so they can do a fair amount of the work before you get there...Karl-Marx-Straßehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156583472078730461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-62772275930539861002008-05-10T12:46:00.000+02:002008-05-10T12:46:00.000+02:00Well, Kopfbahnhof's all in German, too, isn't it? ...Well, Kopfbahnhof's all in German, too, isn't it? I can't get tgv-europe.com to book my my last Montpellier-Brussels leg ("erreur technique"), so I'm headed down there on Tuesday.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-17984753113519648322008-05-10T12:27:00.000+02:002008-05-10T12:27:00.000+02:00Kopfbahnhof (send a fax/email first, so they will ...Kopfbahnhof (send a fax/email first, so they will probably have done it by the time you get to their office)!<BR/>And/or, ask the international railway travel (and cheapest fare) freaks at http://groups.google.de/group/de.etc.bahn.tarif+service/topics<BR/><BR/>They're probably even better than Kopfbahnhof - but, here's the down side, it's all in German, as you might expect. In this usenetgroup they recommend one or two rail travel agencies as well. None of them in Berlin, mind you.Karl-Marx-Straßehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156583472078730461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-7112020395142604932008-05-09T11:53:00.000+02:002008-05-09T11:53:00.000+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-85241522627983303182008-05-08T15:24:00.000+02:002008-05-08T15:24:00.000+02:00Ted, sorry to snark at you. You're right, but the ...Ted, sorry to snark at you. You're right, but the big problem is I have to use rail from Marseille-Montpellier-Berlin, with a four-or-five-day stopover in Montpellier (or less if I get lucky and nail an apartment quickly). The German-French pass costs (converted) €241.42, which isn't enough less than the €258.50 I was quoted MTP-Berlin to make it make a difference. Definitely worth knowing about, though, once I'm down there if I want to make a visit back here (hard as that is to conceive of just at the moment)><BR/><BR/>And Olivier, you're right; that was a couple of years ago, and it was Karl-Marx-Strasse aka Daggi, wasn't it? Totally forgot about it. Well, I've got one leg yet to buy...Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-45769943807724100752008-05-08T14:19:00.000+02:002008-05-08T14:19:00.000+02:00Why didn't you try that Kopfbahnhof outfit that so...Why didn't you try that Kopfbahnhof outfit that someone recommended right here a while back?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-2846875223340379462008-05-08T10:14:00.000+02:002008-05-08T10:14:00.000+02:00one of my sweetest Tempelhof memories is taking of...one of my sweetest Tempelhof memories is taking off and landing in Iron Annie, an old Junkers 52 built in 1936 and maintained by the Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin-Stiftung. Sixteen seats of pure prop driven pleasure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-22054476645250951662008-05-08T09:36:00.000+02:002008-05-08T09:36:00.000+02:00I have purchased Eurailpasses at German train stat...I have purchased Eurailpasses at German train stations many times. You can buy a german rail pass at Berlin Hauptbahnhof if you carry a U.S. passport and you tell them you live in the U.S. I'm pretty certain you can also buy multi-country rail passes from major stations in Germany. Here's a link:<BR/>http://germany-travel.suite101.com/article.cfm/travel_on_the_german_rail_pass<BR/><BR/>If I were in Berlin and wanted to take the train to Montpelier, I could probably do so for less than 100 Euros each way. Thats simply because I live outside of Germany and carry a U.S. passport. For all practical purposes, so do you, Ed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-60682054959654608972008-05-07T17:55:00.000+02:002008-05-07T17:55:00.000+02:00I don't think he only does to and from the UK.I don't think he only does to and from the UK.Bowleserisedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974472204722759129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-69496765048818788632008-05-07T16:53:00.001+02:002008-05-07T16:53:00.001+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-30722797181593847682008-05-07T16:53:00.000+02:002008-05-07T16:53:00.000+02:00b, I'm not leaving from nor going to the UK, so Se...b, I'm not leaving from nor going to the UK, so Seat 61 doesn't do me much good. <BR/><BR/>And anon, I'm going to have to get a Carte de Séjour like any other American citizen.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-75045028433271976862008-05-07T16:07:00.000+02:002008-05-07T16:07:00.000+02:00Do you need a work visa to live in France? Or do y...Do you need a work visa to live in France? Or do you already have EU citizenship?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-78141605411156379282008-05-07T15:02:00.000+02:002008-05-07T15:02:00.000+02:00Did you make use of The Man in Seat 61?Did you make use of The Man in Seat 61?Bowleserisedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974472204722759129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-4480103749440036442008-05-07T10:43:00.000+02:002008-05-07T10:43:00.000+02:00Uh, yeah, Ted, but I already live in Europe, which...Uh, yeah, Ted, but I already live in Europe, which means I can't buy one of those. <BR/><BR/>Do read the blog before commenting.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1133890143673015132008-05-07T07:23:00.000+02:002008-05-07T07:23:00.000+02:00For the record, a 4-day France-Germany railpass co...For the record, a 4-day France-Germany railpass costs 300 Euros. This allows you hin and zuruck travel from Berlin to Montpellier, and you still have two additional days of unlimited travel within 60 days of starting the pass. And its first class:<BR/>http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/passes/eurail_france_germany_pass.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-77278396576572981892008-05-06T10:55:00.000+02:002008-05-06T10:55:00.000+02:00Oh, I've flown out of Tempelhof. Once to Bulgaria ...Oh, I've flown out of Tempelhof. Once to Bulgaria (via Prague) and once to the U.S. It was way cool to get on this tiny Saab prop plane with two weeks' worth of luggage for the States and then fly to Brussels and get on a gahongous airliner. Also loved flying back into Tempelhof. You got so close to those apartment buildings you could almost read the headlines on the papers the people were reading at their kitchen tables. If we'd been going any slower, I *could* have read them...Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-49808435201829012822008-05-05T17:35:00.000+02:002008-05-05T17:35:00.000+02:00Tempelhof won't be shuttered until Oktober so you ...Tempelhof won't be shuttered until Oktober so you are safe there - and if you have never flown to or from the mother of all airports it's definitely worth it. i am planning a useless trip to Brussels soon just to get my final Tempelhofer thrills...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com