This year I have planned a vacation. And I had talked it over with Udo, one of my friends from Germany. And we came up with the plan to spend out vacation together at the Baltic Sea. My first idea was to get a rental car and do the trip that way. Might be easier to manage with Gina than going by train. Once I calculated the cost for the car rental, insurance and gas and compared the total to the train tickets it turns out that taking a rental car is financially a no go. After all money doesn't grow on trees and I'm not going to pay 5 times the amount of the train ticket for a rental car. Either way I was going to go to Leizig to pick up my German friend anyways.
So I had to figure out the best route for the train. There are basically 3 options. Route number one through the Czech Republic is the shortest distance but takes the longest. Route number 2 and 3 are off by about 1 1/2 hours. You can either go via Munich or via Nürnberg to Leipzig. Both options would habe given me enough time when transferring from one train to another to take Gina for a bathroom break. I really didn't want her to be stuck in a train for 9 hours with no option of being able to do her business. In the end I chose to go via Munich. It is the faster route since you're traveling all the way on the high speed rail network.
Next thing I had to figure out are the travel dates. I had an idea when I did want to go. But I had to nail down the date. And this depended on the discounts you can get when booking early. Standard ticket to Leipzig is about 150 bucks. But of you book early you can get it as low as 49 bucks. Next I had to choose if I wanted to go during the day or during the night. In the end I opted for a day travel. After all you want be able to see something as well. So I jumped online an booked the ticket. And I will be going on a vacation beginning August 29th. This should definitely be fun.
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