> So 3 to 6 hours we take the train. More than that we tend to fly. Yep. I could tolerate the longer travel times, but long distance train travel gets really e

> So 3 to 6 hours we take the train. More than that we tend to fly. Yep. I could tolerate the longer travel times, but long distance train travel gets really expensive really quickly. For the price of a round-trip train ticket across Germany (Berlin to Cologne, around €100), I could also fly to London, Paris, Amsterdam, etc.