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The daily train from Munich to Venice passes Brenner, the point where Austrian Tirol borders Italian Tirol.
The Italian side is sunny, and Austrian is a bit gloomy.
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But still beautiful.
There is another change that is very noticeable when crossing the border... We were in a dining car when the train was passing Brenner, and a waiter told us:
"Sorry, no hot meals or tea any more. We don't have electricity now. It works fine all the way through Germany and Austria, but almost always stops working in Italia. They have a technical problem and they should investigate it. You know these Italians, it is their fault."
A German lady sitting next to us said quietly after the waitress left: "The right German way is to notice that the problem is reproducible, find a root cause of it and fix it, not to blame Italians".
The Italian side is sunny, and Austrian is a bit gloomy.
( Read more... )
But still beautiful.
There is another change that is very noticeable when crossing the border... We were in a dining car when the train was passing Brenner, and a waiter told us:
"Sorry, no hot meals or tea any more. We don't have electricity now. It works fine all the way through Germany and Austria, but almost always stops working in Italia. They have a technical problem and they should investigate it. You know these Italians, it is their fault."
A German lady sitting next to us said quietly after the waitress left: "The right German way is to notice that the problem is reproducible, find a root cause of it and fix it, not to blame Italians".
