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Train to Venice, on connecting Germany and Italy.
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".