#in the certified db announcement cadence
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Taking the train is so fucking great! I've barely been on it for 30min and I've already seen a bunch of geese and deer and a heron!
#Love that it's called heron in English it sounds so noble. the German word is 'Reiher'#and the verb 'reihern' means 'to throw up'#also this is the connection that goes through the Oberpfalz and Vogtland and I love that connection#just gorgeous views from the train#also I'm not taking the Oberpfalzbahn but if I was that would also mean the occasional announcement in czech which is also fun#still fascinated that regional trains can do that and even throw in English for good measure but for some reason for the db#this is fully beyond their abilities in a eurocity#like the Oberpfalzbahn doesn't even cross the border at any point the EC starts to get operated by db in Děčín#and then you get one more professional pre-recorded čd message and then it jumps straight into#'Sehrgeehrtedamenundherren Ichheißesieherzlichwillkommenimec174richtungberlinviadresden#Dasteamderdeutschenbahnwünschtihneneineangenehmefahrt' with pauses only to breathe and enough background noise to make it#completely incomprehensible#in the certified db announcement cadence#you know the one
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