Traveling FIRST CLASS on the GERMAN ICE LUXURY TRAIN

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This is a comprehensive Train Review of Deutsche Bahn ICE4 in First Class.
Route: Leipzig to Berlin
Train Number: ICE26

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[JoshCahill]

Follow me on for daily updates! DISCLAIMER: This trip was filmed before the CORONA PANDEMIC.

[lenaweerailfan]

When you booked your ticket to Berlin, you should have booked to Berlin-Schoenefeld. The ticket would have been the same price, and you wouldn't have to buy an additional ticket for the S-Bahn! (money saving tip)

[Chaezaa]

Here in Germany it's kind of illegal to film people without their permission so that's why they are a bit salty :)

[timetraveller]

that's true in Germany you pay for using a toilet, in many other countries you pay for using bridges, tunnels, highways or if you visite a medical doctor.

[meenalu]

Everyone: Josh does only flight reviews
Josh: hold ma train ticket

[jdmguy]

Interesting to hear your rant. I've made a few trips to Germany and my impression/experiences have been positive. Nice people, clean and efficient public transport. That said I was not filming!

[rasselbidou]

Careful with filming people (as in having them in focus in the foreground). It's illegal if you don't have their permission. Holds true for most of the EU.
9:52 I find germans (and the french) refreshingly honest, as in you're encouraged to speak directly about what you actually think of without the infinite hoops of politeness and such.
Would rather have a somewhat grumpy restaurant host than an overly nice one who speaks to you as if they were a husband with a sudden rush of tenderness towards his wife.

[hannoveraviation]

It is so funny to see this as a german!

[chukstagram]

To be honest Josh! I think I had the best time in Europe when I visited Germany! They are such beautiful and nice people! I’m not sure what sort of a situation you had to face but to me, they were so supportive when I made my travel videos! 🙏

[PlaneSpottingBerlin]

Josh: Gets upgraded at the hotel due to his mic.
DB: Shit we have a vlogger onboard. This train has to depart on-time. :D

[indahooddererste]

Immer noch deutsch genug um sich über die Leute aufzuregen. :D

[faisalhashim]

Swiss001 : That's another story

Josh : That's a different story

🤣🤣

[Shaun-mgni]

Josh, have to disagree with your comments on the German people. I spent 2020 new year in Berlin for 7 days and loved every minute of my trip from Australia. The people were great, so very friendly and welcoming. We flew from LTN to SXF with no problems and the DB travel to Berlin was so easy. I worked in FRA for some time also and loved the beer and the people. I would highly recommend any travel in Germany to all of my friends. Love your channel by the way :)

[stephenarias]

Being from Southern California, I loved traveling on DB all over Germany! From the smallest bahnhoffs to the major HBFs it was always a cool experience

[mikefreeman]

I was at a train station in Austria and the toilet seat started spinning around and cleaning itself after you flushed, it startled me I had no idea what was going on at first

[HRHolm-bizu]

When I was stationed in Germany as a member of the U.S. armed forces (in Heidelberg, from mid-1978 thru early 1981), I rode the trains around quite a bit when I could. Always enjoyed the ease of train travel there. Just go down to the Bahnhof ticket window, state your destination (and generally specify a round trip ticket) pay the fare (then very reasonable, no idea what the levels are today), find your train on the schedule, and off you went. No giving your name, address, etc., nothing like that. (Try doing that today in the U.S. on Amtrak). Generally no reservation needed for riding 2d class coach, although specific seats could be reserved in first class. Transfer trains as much as you want, just mention to the conductors where you have changed trains so far on the way to your destination. Marvelous how those electric German trains got up to speed so fast, at times they must have done up to around 100 miles per hour. (Almost nothing like that in the U.S. even today.) The trains were generally always on time. (Try that on U.S. Amtrak----my return trip to Chicago IL from Rochester NY last November was almost three hours late, and getting to Rochester was around 45 minutes late.) It would be interesting to return after almost 40 years now; I was tentatively thinking of doing a trip to Heidelberg next year, and taking in Zurich Switzerland also, to or from Germany by train, but of course now that is likely off the table. I am certain Heidelberg has changed some, and especially since U.S. Army Europe sadly is no longer headquartered there, with the sizable facilities it once had at the edge of and just outside the town---one of which I was billeted/quartered at. I found out only a couple months ago that a tram line was built on the main street that runs by that former kaserne (base), in 2006.
Oh, and at the Heidelberg hauptbanhof the cafe served some marvelous hot chocolate alcoholic drinks, one in particular was called a 'Russian Chocolate'. I presume it contained vodka, but not 100% sure. I really can't find any reference to it online, and have never seen or heard it mentioned here in the states. Must be a European specialty, then. Another was called a 'Karabick', or something very like that. (Anyone who might happen to know more definite details on those, pls. let me know in a reply.)

[GregCurtin]

I loved your *rant* ;) It gives credibility when you can see all sides with an unbiased viewpoint. The airlines/planes are nice but truly enjoy those personal bits you work in to make us feel like we are with you. Appreciate the time and effort put into educating and entertaining us. Please stay safe.

[ATrainTravels]

I love the trains in Germany! Good stuff bro :)

[lenaweerailfan]

The steam locomotive is a class 52 "Kriegslok", dating from World War 2.

[KoditheHusky]

Hi Josh,

the steam locomotive is an old freight train, and these locos were built from 1942 - 1951.