(Not sure why this ended up on the main list instead of just the ietf-78-attendees, but):
Right. My initial search (long time ago), gave Frankfurt Airport to Maastricht via Strassbourg as the "best" option (combination of least time and least changes), this later changed to Eindhoven, and yes, I know it takes longer than some other options today. My return is indeed via Liege, a 40 minute ride from Maastricht and then a straight hop on a German ICE back to Frankfurt Flughf. I'll take an extra hour over 3 changes any day, especially with luggage. Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: o...@cisco.com URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > On 13 jul 2010, at 9:22, Ole Jacobsen wrote: > > > Right, but Dutch trains are not nearly as nice as German > > ICE trains. > > There are many different kinds of trains in the Netherlands. Indeed > only some of them equal ICEs. However, by traveling through > Eindhoven you're almost certainly subjecting yourself to more than > an hour in a VIRM: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_VIRM > > With FRA - Cologne - Liège - Maastricht you're in an ICE and a > thalys, which should be pretty good, but also half an hour in a > Belgian let's call it "classic" train. But you get to avoid Dutch > trains altogether and you save 1h20 at the expense of an extra > change. > > You can also do FRA - Aachen - Heerlen - Maastricht but the last leg > has the unusual 2+3 seating arrangement in 2nd class, so you may > want to upgrade to 1st class where you also get to enjoy a 230 V > outlet for your laptop and save another 6 minutes. (The newest VIRM > trains, which may or may not be used on the Utrecht - Eindhoven - > Maastricht route, also have power in first class.) >
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