[cromka]

"The crew just opened the doors to let a breeze in - very little health-and-safety culture here!"

That's a bit presumptuous...

[edent]

In the UK I've never seen a train open its doors directly to the tracks. We also have lots of warning not to cross the tracks except by bridge or tunnel.

[tokai]

"Was a little strange seeing cables dripping down from the ceiling"

The whole text is full of these weird takes on the most banal things.

[edent]

What's banal to you is exotic to me.

I've seen tourists in London marvel at the most commonplace thing - and I think that's delightful.

[quietsegfault]

I love to see tourists in my American city marvel at squirrels.

[DemocracyFTW2]

Yeah I mean the whole "OMG I have to pre-order my vegan meals??!" thing. Back in the day we had to WALK to school and when on a trip we brought along our hard-boiled eggs and meatballs wrapped in aluminum foil.

[jaffa2]

> Yeah I mean the whole "OMG I have to pre-order my vegan meals??!"

yeah that got me . not sure specifically but it felt a bit weird. Also I appreciate this post is about the interrailing, but it felt after reading all the y did was catch trains for the duration, but no mention of anything that they did or saw in all these places.

[mxmilkiib]

WALK to school?! back when I were a lad, we had to CRAWL to school! what a great workout it was! and, for our packed lunches, we'd have a hard-boiled potato with a dod of ketchup, and some breadcrumbs if we were lucky, and we enjoyed it!!

[gpvos]

Uphill both ways!

[DemocracyFTW2]

As someone who cycled to school and back in a pancake-flat landscape, it often did feel like you were up against the wind in both ways. I swear the winds just waited for me, in the morning and the afternoon.

[gpvos]

Same, same. Actually, strong side wind was the worst.