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[00:01:19] [SPEAKER_04]: So, you know, this is interesting because I don't think this is a topic that gets discussed that much.
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[00:02:37] [SPEAKER_04]: Don't more, tickets, please.
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[00:02:39] [SPEAKER_08]: And the reason that this topic even came up was because my husband and daughter took the
[00:02:45] [SPEAKER_08]: train from Denver to Chicago and then other two hours south. But like that's a long way.
[00:02:54] [SPEAKER_08]: So, go by train. It took quite some time because the train never really got above 65 miles an hour.
[00:03:01] [SPEAKER_08]: It was kind of slow. I mean, so it, it, it, it, and I guess my question was like, why? I mean, if you've
[00:03:08] [SPEAKER_08]: got the time because you're not trying to get anywhere in a hurry on a US train, like it's just not
[00:03:14] [SPEAKER_04]: impossible. Well, it depends because well, I am going to get into more details on that because obviously,
[00:03:23] [SPEAKER_04]: you know, you have those amtri trains but in general we should caveat by saying in America they can't
[00:03:29] [SPEAKER_04]: go fast because I don't know why and that's interesting.
[00:03:33] [SPEAKER_08]: Well, I think it's the type of track because in Japan they have those um, and I'm going to
[00:03:38] [SPEAKER_08]: forget the name and I should have gotten my magazine where it had the name of it but it's like a magnetic
[00:03:44] [SPEAKER_04]: um, okay. Is it because it's up on top? Like the third rail or something?
[00:03:49] [SPEAKER_07]: Well, no, it's, it's because I know this doesn't have a, is it the levitation cars that they have?
[00:03:54] [SPEAKER_07]: Why is the magnetic because it's, you know, it's up high or, you know, it could be that.
[00:04:00] [SPEAKER_04]: Because I know Europe they do have that like the third rail is literally, well, I forget the name and in
[00:04:05] [SPEAKER_08]: fact I will have to get the magazine at some point. I am magnetic material. I just, I just looked it up.
[00:04:10] [SPEAKER_08]: I was like what if they allow them to travel at faster rates and it's not on the regular
[00:04:17] [SPEAKER_08]: like local train tracks? Yeah, yeah. It's not a wheel and it's not a wheel truck. Correct.
[00:04:24] [SPEAKER_08]: Right. Yeah. And we don't have that network here I believe in the United States.
[00:04:30] [SPEAKER_04]: We've been talking about it.
[00:04:33] [SPEAKER_04]: Started in California.
[00:04:35] [SPEAKER_04]: And the United States is interesting. It's interesting. Big bad America
[00:04:40] [SPEAKER_04]: that's like everything don't have the capability to have a, you know, high speed train system.
[00:04:49] [SPEAKER_04]: I mean, you would think a large country like ours, you would have that.
[00:04:54] [SPEAKER_07]: And I think I honestly call, I think that that has to do with, it has to do with community.
[00:05:00] [SPEAKER_07]: I mean, I think it has to do with our whole social economic look up, right? It's has to do with
[00:05:08] [SPEAKER_07]: where I think we're talking about Europe and we're talking about Asia and we're talking about a lot of
[00:05:12] [SPEAKER_07]: those things. You know, it's built on community and it's built on a collective where in America it's
[00:05:16] [SPEAKER_07]: more capitalistic, more individualistic. We want our own cars. We want our own space. We want our own
[00:05:22] [SPEAKER_07]: yards. We want our own this thinking of writing collectively. I mean, it's about it. We write on an
[00:05:27] [SPEAKER_07]: airplane to go somewhere where we're, you know, we're locked in this space. Immediately, we're jumping
[00:05:31] [SPEAKER_07]: up to get up out of the sea and get up and get out because we want, you know, we want,
[00:05:36] [SPEAKER_07]: be able to have that elbow, you know, elbow to move around, right? You know, it's a model-
[00:05:41] [SPEAKER_04]: same environment. Yeah, I mean, I agree with you to an extent on the fact that, yes,
[00:05:47] [SPEAKER_04]: with everything up to the point of, um, because I think America, like if I know that we had high
[00:05:54] [SPEAKER_04]: speed trains where I know I can go from New York to California and get there less than a day,
[00:05:58] [SPEAKER_04]: like in maybe 10 hours to California, yeah. I think Americans will be all jumped on
[00:06:07] [SPEAKER_08]: the ground. Now that, but let's figure something. And here's one of those.
[00:06:11] [SPEAKER_08]: What's your code? How the hell are you going to train good enough? No, no, I don't know what it would
[00:06:16] [SPEAKER_04]: be. Whatever it is reasonably, I would have say I would assume like a day or because our
[00:06:21] [SPEAKER_04]: bigger, I know, but Europe is if you add in all of Europe, it's about the size of America,
[00:06:30] [SPEAKER_04]: or maybe a little bit smaller, but still you can get from one end of Europe to the other end of
[00:06:36] [SPEAKER_04]: Europe regardless. But would you do that, or would you please? I would, but you, I would have
[00:06:44] [SPEAKER_07]: fallen sorry. Well, what I'm saying is though also Paul think about it, but we're also East Coast.
[00:06:49] [SPEAKER_07]: We grew up with that. And again, you're seeing and you know Europe, Asia, they grew up with a
[00:06:58] [SPEAKER_07]: trans-pursist, you know, a public transportation system. You're absolutely right. They do use a lot more
[00:07:05] [SPEAKER_04]: trains here in Europe. I can't speak much with Asia, but I could say they do use a lot more
[00:07:11] [SPEAKER_04]: trains here versus driving kind of thing. But I guess what I'm saying is they're fast
[00:07:18] [SPEAKER_04]: trains, and then you have the option to go fast train or local mode of local trains. Well,
[00:07:23] [SPEAKER_08]: I mean put the money into that and I would say that. Yes, and why don't we do the same? We should do the same.
[00:07:29] [SPEAKER_08]: No one's taking it. I mean, yeah, in the East Coast, things are more congested there is that
[00:07:33] [SPEAKER_04]: whole corridor that 95 cords. Yeah, yeah, but I'm saying if you build it, they will come. And
[00:07:41] [SPEAKER_04]: and with the, but here's why I say that because prices of airline tickets are so expensive. And I
[00:07:48] [SPEAKER_04]: truly agree if Americans can know that there is a reliable train system that can take them to point
[00:07:56] [SPEAKER_04]: of maybe, well, it could be cheaper. It could be cheaper. What I'm saying is it could be because
[00:08:03] [SPEAKER_04]: I chose and like if you have the time for example, if you do have the time,
[00:08:08] [SPEAKER_04]: you can get from New York to California in a day and a half. I probably would do that.
[00:08:14] [SPEAKER_04]: I mean, because and then they say I can do it for $250 or $300 or even $500.
[00:08:21] [SPEAKER_04]: That's a fixed plan now. Shit. No, no, no, no. Because they're not at the bottom.
[00:08:25] [SPEAKER_08]: The Denver, Chicago overnight thing took ages first of all and it was not cheaper than
[00:08:32] [SPEAKER_04]: it took ages because it's not a speed train. That's why it took ages. But so you've got to think
[00:08:38] [SPEAKER_08]: of the amount of money to initially build it. And that's the issue. You're going to do that because
[00:08:44] [SPEAKER_08]: I grew Wisconsin and Michigan and we don't use the trains to go in. Because it's not it's not
[00:08:50] [SPEAKER_04]: conducive to Americans to think about using trains. That's what I'm saying. When we leave
[00:08:55] [SPEAKER_04]: America and we travel most of the times when I'm on the damn train, I hear an American
[00:09:01] [SPEAKER_04]: and it's because they want to see the beauty of the country or wherever they travel to
[00:09:07] [SPEAKER_04]: to include myself. I'm starting to use a lot more trains to be honest with you this year
[00:09:12] [SPEAKER_04]: than I have ever in my whole entire time living in Europe. And I've lived in Europe a very long
[00:09:18] [SPEAKER_08]: time back and forth a lot. So what were you using before? I think you're flying. You were flying.
[00:09:24] [SPEAKER_04]: I was flying mainly or take or just driving. Because I was I was too afraid to use the train
[00:09:30] [SPEAKER_04]: system because I was afraid of like, you know, the language barrier and all this other stuff. But
[00:09:35] [SPEAKER_04]: when I figured out how simple and easy it is and how quick and how enjoyable and how relaxing
[00:09:41] [SPEAKER_04]: it is. Like I've taken the train, the longest train right I've taken for example was from
[00:09:48] [SPEAKER_04]: right now from Paris to Barcelona Spain which was 12 hours and it was it was not born at all
[00:09:56] [SPEAKER_04]: and it did not seem like 12 hours and it was on a fast train and it was just the most pleasant
[00:10:02] [SPEAKER_04]: enjoyable experience that it was not you know normal LIR train, you know long-round train or whatever
[00:10:11] [SPEAKER_04]: it may be. It literally yeah big old windows and you, you know you had if you wanted a car that has
[00:10:19] [SPEAKER_04]: separate entity where you had like your little desks and all this like they set it up to make it
[00:10:25] [SPEAKER_04]: comfortable for the journey that you're taking. What was the call? It was round trip
[00:10:32] [SPEAKER_04]: little over $200 and something dollars round trip. Okay yeah it's not that I mean it's not because
[00:10:40] [SPEAKER_08]: even the Stella going from DC to New York is expensive and I think that was a wild light.
[00:10:48] [SPEAKER_07]: It's because of structurally here it's the birth of all there's no competition.
[00:10:52] [SPEAKER_07]: Second of all that's the reason why. Yeah second of all there's no infrastructure you know elsewhere
[00:10:59] [SPEAKER_07]: so there's no competition there's nothing so there's only one so they can charge what they want.
[00:11:03] [SPEAKER_07]: Exactly there's no other train there's no time frame there's you know it's going one way
[00:11:08] [SPEAKER_07]: it's going to come back the other way. So. Yes. That is the absolute. Yeah until this
[00:11:13] [SPEAKER_07]: part of the competition until there's more infrastructure until there's more you know more demand
[00:11:18] [SPEAKER_04]: it is not going to get you. As long as somebody built and I think it's going to it's going to
[00:11:23] [SPEAKER_04]: have to start small obviously which is what they've been talking about with the California San Diego
[00:11:30] [SPEAKER_04]: kind of speed thing that they're trying to do. I mean you have people I'll give an example where
[00:11:37] [SPEAKER_04]: there are folks that live in Luxembourg City and travel to Paris to go to work every day.
[00:11:45] [SPEAKER_04]: And it's a two hour train ride you know on the speed train but you know what I mean
[00:11:51] [SPEAKER_07]: and if I were to try to look at it it's five hours yeah yeah but then again a two hour train ride
[00:11:59] [SPEAKER_07]: will mute if you know versus a two hour or five hour car ride you know to commute it you know
[00:12:04] [SPEAKER_04]: and the price was thirty dollars the price could be as low as thirty dollars yeah that's time.
[00:12:11] [SPEAKER_08]: Yeah I mean I would say the the Japanese train system I mean obviously is excellent and it's because
[00:12:17] [SPEAKER_08]: that their roads are just not like that the actual surface of the road is fine but it doesn't connect you
[00:12:24] [SPEAKER_08]: to where you want to go but the trains do and they are fast and they're relatively inexpensive
[00:12:30] [SPEAKER_08]: and people use the hell out of them like you are jammed in those things during our trip.
[00:12:36] [SPEAKER_07]: I bet well that's a thing for us for a tier in Texas where I am in Houston is that you know
[00:12:42] [SPEAKER_07]: that's the biggest that kind of our our biggest problem I feel we have yes we have the roads and
[00:12:48] [SPEAKER_07]: we have everything here but our traffic our traffic is a trotis that you know Texas is you know kind
[00:12:56] [SPEAKER_07]: of the last mecha for real estate you know me being a real estate agent you know keep our blocking here
[00:13:01] [SPEAKER_07]: and the traffic is just it has gotten just absolutely ridiculous and now that we now have
[00:13:09] [SPEAKER_07]: three loops we have this we have six 10 we have belly eight and now we have 99 and it's the only
[00:13:15] [SPEAKER_07]: place where two hours literally where two hours away from it's like Houston is two hours away from
[00:13:22] [SPEAKER_07]: so because it is so big right oh yeah it's huge so the fact that we don't have a public transit
[00:13:31] [SPEAKER_07]: system rather than buses we now they now they do have a rail system but it's only within
[00:13:37] [SPEAKER_07]: down the road and it makes no sense it just goes around downtown so it's like so what about you
[00:13:44] [SPEAKER_07]: know so just imagine three loops around the entire city of Houston and now everyone is coming
[00:13:51] [SPEAKER_07]: into the city right and they do and I will tell you the one time a year February during rodeo season
[00:13:58] [SPEAKER_07]: hey everybody's coming into the city so you can imagine the ridiculousness that it is to get in
[00:14:04] [SPEAKER_07]: to go to work every day there is one right now that they're talking about a high speed train going from
[00:14:10] [SPEAKER_07]: Galician if you will or even from Houston to Dallas like a high speed train that would take you
[00:14:15] [SPEAKER_07]: there are people that can you people that can you yeah they're just I mean the only one that we can say
[00:14:21] [SPEAKER_04]: that's official well it's not even a high speed train but you have the Ella what's it called the
[00:14:27] [SPEAKER_04]: Amtrak from DC to New York yes Ella yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah there's no high speed trains
[00:14:35] [SPEAKER_04]: they're not going to work there yeah there's no where in America so to get back to pull back into that
[00:14:43] [SPEAKER_04]: and you know because of travel where we're thinking that I know we're focused and heavy on
[00:14:49] [SPEAKER_04]: America because America don't have a goddamn high speed train system which is so I mean it's a good
[00:14:53] [SPEAKER_04]: discussion because I think why don't we have this because I feel and beneath you think it's because
[00:14:59] [SPEAKER_04]: nobody would do it because it's the too expensive of a lot and I'm saying it won't be
[00:15:05] [SPEAKER_04]: nutritious than because of competition it will fair out the fact that if planes planes are
[00:15:12] [SPEAKER_04]: going to lose customers because they're taking trains now because some are very environmental
[00:15:17] [SPEAKER_04]: you know conscious and there'd be some that would be like yeah let's take a train and do a
[00:15:23] [SPEAKER_04]: family trip instead of driving from New York to California let's do that even if you have to
[00:15:28] [SPEAKER_04]: then stop and change in Calo Chicago to go to you know I guess if you really didn't like flying
[00:15:35] [SPEAKER_08]: then yeah but or you wanted let's just be like you want to see the city I mean the country
[00:15:40] [SPEAKER_08]: the people are taking the train now is just the country to work yeah not to work in the
[00:15:47] [SPEAKER_08]: market what do you mean taking a train to see the country that's I don't think America really
[00:15:52] [SPEAKER_04]: is taking the train as my point and you mentioned it well no I'm saying but people that travel
[00:15:57] [SPEAKER_08]: on the train now like my husband and daughter they were doing that a because she didn't really
[00:16:03] [SPEAKER_08]: feel like flying and b they had the time and they wanted to see the country so if we look at it
[00:16:08] [SPEAKER_08]: from that aspect just to see you know for the sake of discussion you know what so what
[00:16:15] [SPEAKER_04]: trains should we be taking if we don't have that much choices in America but you do have to
[00:16:25] [SPEAKER_07]: here in the United States if you're looking for leisure I have to travel yeah for an example yeah
[00:16:31] [SPEAKER_07]: and and I mean as we know America actually has some very beautiful places you know being that
[00:16:38] [SPEAKER_07]: that particular trip that your husband took with your daughter on the zipper is actually a
[00:16:43] [SPEAKER_07]: train is actually very beautiful scenic route to take but I happen to pull up an article it's a
[00:16:49] [SPEAKER_07]: good house keeping article of kind of the top 14 where I will list all 14 but I will mention some
[00:16:55] [SPEAKER_07]: of the some of the trips that they have most of them are our amtrak as amtrak is one of the
[00:17:01] [SPEAKER_07]: you know amtrak is one of the or what are the only train systems I should say remember we said
[00:17:07] [SPEAKER_07]: no competition right yeah amtrak is so there's an amtrak auto train which they have and this one is from
[00:17:13] [SPEAKER_07]: DC to Sanford Florida now the interesting thing is this one is if you want to take your car you can
[00:17:20] [SPEAKER_07]: pack your car yeah so the second one is the number two on the list was American
[00:17:25] [SPEAKER_07]: America's National Parks and that's the Rocky Mountain Tier and that one I think is the
[00:17:31] [SPEAKER_07]: this one is the National Park Yellowstone National Park so it takes you through
[00:17:37] [SPEAKER_07]: and this is like a 10 nights with a hotel stay so this one actually really nice
[00:17:42] [SPEAKER_07]: ARP also has them with and they offer options or discounts also are our 50 and better travelers if
[00:17:50] [SPEAKER_07]: we're looking at train travel but that one but after called the Grand Rail experience and that is number three
[00:17:55] [SPEAKER_07]: on the list so just know that that Washington it takes you through Washington date it looks like
[00:18:01] [SPEAKER_04]: our Washington is based Chicago Seattle Los Angeles okay it does the mid I feel that if it was
[00:18:09] [SPEAKER_04]: something that is really promoted in the states that it would be justifiably a lot cheaper
[00:18:16] [SPEAKER_04]: because I'm looking at the comparison of and you could do the same just from being in Asia
[00:18:25] [SPEAKER_04]: being here in Europe if I wanted to travel all over Europe by train and not playing
[00:18:30] [SPEAKER_04]: I can get great deals if I do it in advance like months in advance or something as long
[00:18:37] [SPEAKER_04]: as you're two weeks before traveling um matter of fact I'm taking the train for example
[00:18:43] [SPEAKER_04]: to a Germany to Berlin next month and I only paid 79 euros one way and yeah and it's a seven-hour
[00:18:52] [SPEAKER_08]: train ride or to DC the other thing about these like long train trips is that you are there
[00:18:59] [SPEAKER_08]: is the possibility of actually interacting with other people because you have to go to the dining
[00:19:04] [SPEAKER_08]: car and they're putting you unless you have a group of a lot of people that all sit together they're
[00:19:09] [SPEAKER_08]: gonna put you with other people and in fact my husband met like interesting um uh
[00:19:16] [SPEAKER_08]: main and when they weren't a couple but the two people he met that I mean it was fascinating
[00:19:24] [SPEAKER_02]: hey so we are here with two friends that we just met on the California's effort as we are
[00:19:33] [SPEAKER_02]: going across countries and they have some really interesting stories
[00:19:39] [SPEAKER_02]: really basic questions but we have Allen and Eugene and I'm gonna ask them one question
[00:19:45] [SPEAKER_02]: and then we'll see where it goes from there so all right why the train is going to be great
[00:19:52] [SPEAKER_05]: I'll go first you're interesting oh so one day I'll browse a YouTube you know as you
[00:20:05] [SPEAKER_05]: know that I'm a cheat and they're all titled like oh I took this cross come to that train
[00:20:10] [SPEAKER_05]: of 52 hours and it's all actually safe so I clicked into it it seems to be our scenic train
[00:20:16] [SPEAKER_05]: I have never seen most of the US because I was not from here so like why not?
[00:20:23] [SPEAKER_01]: That's essentially my motivation. That's that's awesome I mean I know that we love the train
[00:20:28] [SPEAKER_01]: so that experience right yeah question yeah Allen. Why is it the same question?
[00:20:36] [SPEAKER_00]: Yes same question okay well um it's like it's like I said some people have the train
[00:20:43] [SPEAKER_00]: to in and I have the train to in and I think it's probably because uh
[00:20:47] [SPEAKER_00]: I wrote a 18 17 more in the middle of the journey number couple and my last name is Jamie
[00:20:56] [SPEAKER_00]: and I've taken uh the Empire Jolder a few times I've taken the Southwest Chief
[00:21:01] [SPEAKER_00]: I've never taken this after so I'm just gonna grab by the side of the exact
[00:21:06] [SPEAKER_00]: yeah I also volunteer the
[00:21:12] [SPEAKER_00]: the
[00:21:12] [SPEAKER_00]: Museum of Science and then does create Chicago and it's surprisingly enough by the great train story
[00:21:20] [SPEAKER_00]: and also volunteer the lighthouse museum I have to get the plugs and the lighthouse museum
[00:21:25] [SPEAKER_00]: in Michigan City and the end. Okay let's go ahead let's all see
[00:21:30] [SPEAKER_01]: thank you so much for like this impromptu hey just met let's just talk about train
[00:21:37] [SPEAKER_08]: so thank you both so much. Well so that guy Allen Janony I mean his
[00:21:44] [SPEAKER_08]: uh he said grandfather he's related to you know guys who invented the Janie coupler
[00:21:50] [SPEAKER_08]: what coin could think on that automatically link up the trains because before they were like
[00:21:55] [SPEAKER_08]: you know back and off but then they have to like you know lay the two and then put the pin in
[00:22:00] [SPEAKER_08]: and people were dying like getting crushed. And no it's just fascinating it was a fascinating experience
[00:22:07] [SPEAKER_07]: and obviously the train gene was so very very much embedded right well and then you
[00:22:13] [SPEAKER_08]: seeing she wanted to see the country because of YouTube yeah I got insane that's that's
[00:22:24] [SPEAKER_04]: why I say the train travel because America loves new shit. Once it's new we're going to jump
[00:22:33] [SPEAKER_04]: on and be like well I want to be the first to experience I want to be the first to you know kind of
[00:22:38] [SPEAKER_04]: thing and then it will die down a little bit after the newness is done but I seriously think we should
[00:22:44] [SPEAKER_04]: consider and I hope to God that they do make this fast high speed train system that's supposed
[00:22:50] [SPEAKER_04]: to be from San Diego to LA I believe it is or from Indian or high speed from Houston to Dallas right
[00:22:58] [SPEAKER_07]: there we go I mean I meant you're crazy but if there's something that you can actually take
[00:23:03] [SPEAKER_07]: take advantage of I don't know if you know but uh the broad more actually and I think I mentioned
[00:23:08] [SPEAKER_07]: this before to you I don't know if I mentioned to you of recording you know on camera not if we did
[00:23:13] [SPEAKER_07]: but broad more actually just brought back their their trip up to I guess I don't remember what mountain
[00:23:19] [SPEAKER_07]: they're on or what uh what it is but they reintroduced or reopened their train ride up to the mountain
[00:23:27] [SPEAKER_07]: and I mean I can look it up again for you and I I'll actually put that as a link here at the bottom
[00:23:32] [SPEAKER_07]: as well but they have their new spanking brand new train that you can ride so if you go visit the
[00:23:38] [SPEAKER_08]: broad more they're in a Colorado hotel yeah because we did go where we did go up to Pikes Peak and
[00:23:45] [SPEAKER_08]: that's like the high the train at the highest elevation in the United States and we did that one
[00:23:50] [SPEAKER_04]: but you're saying this is a different one yeah I guess the moral for me would be you know
[00:23:58] [SPEAKER_04]: try to train travel regardless of and I I should I should you know when I'm in the states
[00:24:04] [SPEAKER_04]: and stuff like that maybe try to train travel I think because of our mentality we want to get
[00:24:10] [SPEAKER_04]: to our destination quick and I am that's what I'm looking at like we don't have to we don't
[00:24:15] [SPEAKER_04]: have time I want to ride but maybe try it as a vacation you know and I will that that is what we
[00:24:24] [SPEAKER_04]: we should do and and because I do it here and I didn't think I was going to like it
[00:24:29] [SPEAKER_04]: and I do I honestly you have to and I think it's because it is literally a fast train where you
[00:24:34] [SPEAKER_04]: they're going like 100 and yeah they're going like 250 kilometers or whatever
[00:24:39] [SPEAKER_08]: dealing with the stupid airports security no it's just great it's a great one yeah
[00:24:48] [SPEAKER_07]: the one that I'm looking at and the one that looks really really interesting to me and
[00:24:52] [SPEAKER_07]: what I was really encouraged about to when I was looking at the one just in the US it was looking
[00:24:57] [SPEAKER_07]: is that the trains actually they do have like just in Europe they do have the open cars where
[00:25:03] [SPEAKER_07]: they're the supportive feeling windows or the which is what I do have the stationer I get the
[00:25:07] [SPEAKER_04]: switch that one which is amazing where you get to see everything is glass yes and then and then
[00:25:14] [SPEAKER_07]: don't forget our neighbors in Canada they have a fantastic one and right for that the mountain
[00:25:21] [SPEAKER_07]: year it's called the Rocky Mountain walk in here yeah there's one that leaves from Vancouver or
[00:25:27] [SPEAKER_07]: you can do the reverse but it goes Vancouver to through you're doing overnight you go to Jack
[00:25:33] [SPEAKER_07]: Ronald Bans, no Vancouver British mom's a it goes from Vancouver to Toronto no no
[00:25:41] [SPEAKER_07]: no Calvary they have when it goes to Calvary but you do Bans and then you do Calvary
[00:25:46] [SPEAKER_07]: but then of course they have that go to Montreal to Toronto all different one so there's so many
[00:25:51] [SPEAKER_07]: I skydive beautiful because we call it a course oh yeah so you know there's train on its
[00:25:58] [SPEAKER_04]: over the world so please consider train right and I bet if you do it way in advance it won't be as
[00:26:06] [SPEAKER_04]: expensive as you may think it is well it's not gonna be 79 year old but yes well I think it's
[00:26:11] [SPEAKER_04]: that bad in Europe because everywhere has train yeah so it's a good work competition yeah yeah those
[00:26:17] [SPEAKER_08]: luxury train experiences I mean it is still luxury travel for sure I know only
[00:26:27] [SPEAKER_08]: no because I was looking at that one going from Denver to through Moab to Luxury
[00:26:32] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm saying luxury travel and it was so you know but he's in luxury travel in Europe maybe
[00:26:38] [SPEAKER_04]: in America yes but not in Europe I don't think it's luxury travel I would say it's very affordable
[00:26:44] [SPEAKER_07]: train travel right there are some there are some though here in the United States is again
[00:26:49] [SPEAKER_07]: member I told you I was looking at the list for the ARP and they were starting at and this is because
[00:26:55] [SPEAKER_07]: we don't get a discount on the coach if you go coach it starts for just the single passenger
[00:26:59] [SPEAKER_07]: even at $130 per person so it's not too bad I mean that's not bad it's not but I think
[00:27:08] [SPEAKER_04]: I think if you're gonna do travel for holiday or train travel I would recommend doing it for
[00:27:15] [SPEAKER_04]: a long period like holiday travel because if you don't want to do it just for you know
[00:27:22] [SPEAKER_08]: because you want to go on your own in the United States right I mean and obviously if you're
[00:27:28] [SPEAKER_08]: traveling overseas you're not likely to have your vehicle with you if you're on vacation
[00:27:33] [SPEAKER_08]: and it could rent a car but it's easier to take the train in Europe than it would be to be
[00:27:39] [SPEAKER_08]: driving everywhere that would be fine like that I mean I'd be curious whoever's listening or or
[00:27:45] [SPEAKER_04]: watching you know what are what are your experience because I want to know what is the experience
[00:27:49] [SPEAKER_04]: if someone has ever been traveled by train via you know South America because obviously we've
[00:27:57] [SPEAKER_08]: talked Asia America well Guillaume did say that it was they didn't really train it was buses he
[00:28:03] [SPEAKER_07]: was taking buses for like yeah muslim well I just this for my simple research as you know I do
[00:28:10] [SPEAKER_07]: is Peru Ecuador Bolivia are excellent destinations in South America of six four
[00:28:16] [SPEAKER_07]: miles so apparently they have train yep they do have train systems there no Chile they're very good
[00:28:22] [SPEAKER_07]: haven't seen anything with with Chile it's mostly well Argentina the Brazil if you're interested
[00:28:29] [SPEAKER_07]: there by plain bus train or car so apparently you can't forget as well okay we want to thank you for
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[00:28:44] [SPEAKER_04]: conversation we thank you guys for you know listening to us I think we have you know between all three of us
[00:28:52] [SPEAKER_04]: share in our experience and I think another ultimate thing is America get a goddamn speed train
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