jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Wed Dec 23 11:31:40 CST 2009
I soooo want to do the EuroRail before I die. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Doug Steele wrote: > At this time last year I was in Europe visiting my son. Before I left, I > bought a EurRail pass. The cheapest option was First Class for the two of > us. I've been to Europe before, but never travelled First Class rail. What > an eye opener! Just about the best travelling I've ever done - comfortable, > lots of room, food, drink, newspapers, extra friendly staff. A huge > contrast from flying, and nearly as fast. On one memorable trip on a Thales > (French) train, they even had free wi-fi. I was able to log in to Google > Earth on my iPhone and watch the countryside ripping past us on my screen at > about 200kph, while simultaneously watching it through the window. A geek's > delight. > > Doug > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> At this time where you can count the hours till you _have_ to leave your >> keyboard I wish all my fellow listers a Merry Christmas. >> >> As a small Christmas present - free to use and distribute - I bring you >> this link to an extraordinary docu video of a size that will make your >> download wire glow. >> It shows the full travel from Bergen to Oslo, the second largest city and >> the capital of Norway, by rail via "Bergensbanen", a route which had its 100 >> years anniversary Nov. 27th this year. >> >> With its length of 526,64 km typically more than 1000 m above the sea >> through the mountains via 182 tunnels, it is rated as one of the ten most >> spectacular railroads in the World by Chicago Tribune in 2005 and lasts for >> more than 7 hours. The scenes from Hoth in Star Wars Episode V, The Empire >> Strikes Back, were filmed at Finse, a small town along the route. >> >> The tour was recorded in HD TV and broadcast with some interviews in >> between by the Norwegian public service TV, NRK, and attracted 1.2 mio. >> viewers. >> The download, however, is the clean view as seen from the engine. At a >> whopping size of 165 GB it is too much for most people, so a scaled-down >> version at 1280 x 720 is offered at "only" 22 GB: >> >> http://nrkbeta.no/2009/12/18/bergensbanen-eng/ >> >> So if you miss a present for the railroad-nerd of your family, get a USB >> disk and start downloading now! >> >> Of course, nothing is like the real travel. I took the ride with my wife >> Rita some years ago - we both love railroads - and can highly recommend it. >> >> /gustav >> >> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>