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Q. Hi. So I am going to Europe and I was looking to buy a eurail pass. I was wondering if anyone knew if the trains were reliable and easy to use? It will be my first time and I wanted to travel through 4 countries (Italy, Spain, France, Britain) Anyone have advice?
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Travel by train in Europe is easy and safe, do not listen to closely to all those scare stories. And very reliable, although on long journeys you should always leave you some slack when you book connections.
But Eurail is not always cheaper than traveling on separate tickets. Specially if you want to use fast trains, (likely in France, Spain and Italy,) and it does not cover Britain.
If you know where you want to go and when you want to travel, it will be cheaper to book 2 or 3 months in advance and get the cheapest tickets.
If you do know your route but not when you want to travel, a normal international ticket (for under 26 if you are young enough) allows you to use the trains the same way as an Eurail pass, no charge for normal trains, reservation fees for some and surcharges for the fast trains. But you can also hop on and off as often as you want, as long as you stick to the route.
Here are a few sites that will help you figure out what the costs and the benefits are:
http://www.scottstravelblog.com/ (Third item on the page.)
http://www.seat61.com/ (Huge site with lots of info, just roam around the first time, you can use it for almost everything about rail travel.)
http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml (A very good rail planner for all long distance journeys in Europe)
http://horarios.renfe.es/hir/ingles.html (Spain)
http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ad1ce14114bc9110VgnVCM10000080a3e90aRCRD (Italy)
http://www.voyages-sncf.com/leisure/fr/launch/home/ (French rail planner, but only in French, the English version brings you to a different site not selling tickets for the normal trains)
http://www.transportdirect.info/ (All public transport in the UK, also has a car travel planner.)
By the way, it is not worth it to pay for first class unless you want to travel in July and August, specially not if you reserve seats or if you want to use many local trains.
First class does not arrive earlier and the extra comfort is not worth the money, unless you have too much money. Better spend it on nicer dinners or better hostels/hotels.
Travel by train in Europe is easy and safe, do not listen to closely to all those scare stories. And very reliable, although on long journeys you should always leave you some slack when you book connections.
But Eurail is not always cheaper than traveling on separate tickets. Specially if you want to use fast trains, (likely in France, Spain and Italy,) and it does not cover Britain.
If you know where you want to go and when you want to travel, it will be cheaper to book 2 or 3 months in advance and get the cheapest tickets.
If you do know your route but not when you want to travel, a normal international ticket (for under 26 if you are young enough) allows you to use the trains the same way as an Eurail pass, no charge for normal trains, reservation fees for some and surcharges for the fast trains. But you can also hop on and off as often as you want, as long as you stick to the route.
Here are a few sites that will help you figure out what the costs and the benefits are:
http://www.scottstravelblog.com/ (Third item on the page.)
http://www.seat61.com/ (Huge site with lots of info, just roam around the first time, you can use it for almost everything about rail travel.)
http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml (A very good rail planner for all long distance journeys in Europe)
http://horarios.renfe.es/hir/ingles.html (Spain)
http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ad1ce14114bc9110VgnVCM10000080a3e90aRCRD (Italy)
http://www.voyages-sncf.com/leisure/fr/launch/home/ (French rail planner, but only in French, the English version brings you to a different site not selling tickets for the normal trains)
http://www.transportdirect.info/ (All public transport in the UK, also has a car travel planner.)
By the way, it is not worth it to pay for first class unless you want to travel in July and August, specially not if you reserve seats or if you want to use many local trains.
First class does not arrive earlier and the extra comfort is not worth the money, unless you have too much money. Better spend it on nicer dinners or better hostels/hotels.
How did the car get its name?
silvercome
Is it short for "carriage"? Or, "cart"? Or, something entirely different?
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You answered your own question....which at Level 6 you should know better. You should know that it's against the TOS to answer your own question.
http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines.php
Car is short for Carriage. <-----<<<EDIT: BOY! Was I __WRONG__ there!!! :(
Wiki says this:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/car#Etymology
I found this, also:
>>>96/09/09 (Monday) Vehicles (5388)
A number of short words now commonly used to denote ordinary vehicles are actually shortened forms of longer words. "Plane", of course, is simply a shortened form of "airplane" and "bus" is a shortened form of "omnibus". "Van" is derived from "caravan" and "cab" comes from "cabriolet", which is a new word for me. According to the dictionary, it is "a two-wheeled, one-horse carriage with two seats and a folding top". "Taxi" is a shortened form of "taxicab", an automobile that carries passengers for a fare, usually calculated by a taximeter. And what do you suppose is the origin of the word "car". No, it does not come from "carriage" but from a Latin word for "chariot", which was a horse drawn, two-wheeled cart, used in ancient times for war, racing or parades.<<<..........
....Which is from:
http://cgi.biwa.ne.jp/~syobo/cgi-bin/open.cgi?numbers=5388
And this:
>>>car
1301, "wheeled vehicle," from Norm.-Fr. carre, from L. carrum, carrus (pl. carra), orig. "two-wheeled Celtic war chariot," from Gaul. karros, from PIE *krsos, from base *kers- "to run." Extension to "automobile" is 1896. Car-sick first recorded 1908, on model of sea sick. U.S. carport is from 1939. Car bomb first 1972, in reference to Northern Ireland. Car pool is 1942 (n.), 1962 (v.). <<<.......
......From: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=c&p=3
According to THIS site:.....
http://www.millville.org/Workshops_f/kess_mech/Kess_Auto/FuInject/carsection1.html
.....there are MANY origins of the word "Car".
On "Etymology":
http://wsgfl.westsussex.gov.uk/text/ccm/content/curriculum/international-links/bike-oz/scheme-of-work.en?page=8
You answered your own question....which at Level 6 you should know better. You should know that it's against the TOS to answer your own question.
http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines.php
Car is short for Carriage. <-----<<<EDIT: BOY! Was I __WRONG__ there!!! :(
Wiki says this:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/car#Etymology
I found this, also:
>>>96/09/09 (Monday) Vehicles (5388)
A number of short words now commonly used to denote ordinary vehicles are actually shortened forms of longer words. "Plane", of course, is simply a shortened form of "airplane" and "bus" is a shortened form of "omnibus". "Van" is derived from "caravan" and "cab" comes from "cabriolet", which is a new word for me. According to the dictionary, it is "a two-wheeled, one-horse carriage with two seats and a folding top". "Taxi" is a shortened form of "taxicab", an automobile that carries passengers for a fare, usually calculated by a taximeter. And what do you suppose is the origin of the word "car". No, it does not come from "carriage" but from a Latin word for "chariot", which was a horse drawn, two-wheeled cart, used in ancient times for war, racing or parades.<<<..........
....Which is from:
http://cgi.biwa.ne.jp/~syobo/cgi-bin/open.cgi?numbers=5388
And this:
>>>car
1301, "wheeled vehicle," from Norm.-Fr. carre, from L. carrum, carrus (pl. carra), orig. "two-wheeled Celtic war chariot," from Gaul. karros, from PIE *krsos, from base *kers- "to run." Extension to "automobile" is 1896. Car-sick first recorded 1908, on model of sea sick. U.S. carport is from 1939. Car bomb first 1972, in reference to Northern Ireland. Car pool is 1942 (n.), 1962 (v.). <<<.......
......From: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=c&p=3
According to THIS site:.....
http://www.millville.org/Workshops_f/kess_mech/Kess_Auto/FuInject/carsection1.html
.....there are MANY origins of the word "Car".
On "Etymology":
http://wsgfl.westsussex.gov.uk/text/ccm/content/curriculum/international-links/bike-oz/scheme-of-work.en?page=8
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