(BUFDRVR) schrieb:

Not me. The example I gave of sitting next to the chain smoker while a child
screams the entire trip that seemed like it was on a train that stopped every
block was my experience coming back from Oktoberfest two weeks ago.

Mmmh. In most german "S-Bahn" systems (commuters train) smoking is
prohibited, you should have called in a chap at the next station to
catch the smoker. Smoking is prohibited in any train station by now,
as it is in most train wagons. Just check the cigarette decal on the
window. Simple, isn´t it?

Your having a problem with children? Too bad for for you.

some music or listen to a sports talk radio program and wind down. Public
transportation? Not for me.

I enjoy it everytime I visit a foreign city. Rome is great by bus or
by metro, as is London, Berlin or any major german city. Personally, I
commuted 10 years (for high school/Gymnasium( - it was affordable,
comfortable, easy to relay. In the morning train I slept, on the train
back I made my homework, read or fooled around with my friends.

I wish I could do this again...

BUFDRVR

Gruss, Roman