My long awaited dream of travelling in Inter-Continental Express(ICE) in Germany was fullfilled when I travelled from Hamburg(North Germany) to Frieidrichafen(South Germany).There is a craze for travelling in ICE,simply because it travels very slow at snail's pace (max 400 km/hr) :)).Even after having travelled in Shatabdi's and Rajhdhani's in India ,I could find the pleasure of travelling in ICE.I could feel the German Kinematics,Mechanics ...(These are the only two words which I know from Mechanical Engineering :) .This ICE is the classical example of German's stronghold in Mechanical Engineering, proving they are the best in Automation and Mechanical stuffs.
To give simple example of how sophisticated it is...I could plug my Laptop to the powersupply.Infact I wrote this article when I was travelling in ICE...I couldnt imagine whether I will be in a position to do this in INDIAN RAILWAYS...But I shouldnt curse INDIAN RAILWAYS much ...since my father works for it and I have luxuriously travelled to almost all parts of india free of cost in INDIAN RAILWAYS...
The other things which I noticed,when I was travelling in ICE is...there is literally no shake...one could very well write a letter,eat properly(which is more important for me)...flirt a girl face to face even when the train is travelling at max 400 km/hr...:)...unfortunately I didnt have one when I was travelling...:(( . The journey was for 8 hours but it looked just for me 8 minutes....since I could see two new movies on the way...
Hope to travel in Indian trains with such sophisticated features when I finish my Masters in Germany and return back to India...Can it happen ? ....well Lalloo prasad yadav has to answer this....:)
Cheers,
Sathish Kumar S
No comments:
Post a Comment