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Originally posted by Doc H.:
Americans think 100 years is a long time, Europeans think 100 miles is a long way.

In “LA Story”, I think, Steve Martin is showing his British girlfriend around LA. He tries to impress her with, “Some of these buildings are over twenty years old!”

Re: the thread title. Heck, there are more than 4 other countries you can reach by train from London in a day! GB (and Europe) are pretty small, compared to the US.

flashguy

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Originally posted by feersum dreadnaught:
This provides perspective on relative sizes...

Thank you for posting that, a good ten minutes before I found it and did the same thing.

also please note that around 250 MILLION people live in the area covered by the great Lone Star State.

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Originally posted by tacfoley:

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Originally posted by feersum dreadnaught:
This provides perspective on relative sizes...

Thank you for posting that, a good ten minutes before I found it and did the same thing.

also please note that around 250 MILLION people live in the area covered by the great Lone Star State.

Texas is a little bigger than France and Bosnia & Herzogovina combined. It is possible to drive completely across Texas (east-west or north-south) in about 20 hours, so it is reasonable to expect that travel from London to France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Switaerland, Austria, Czech Republis, and Poland might be possible by train in 24 hours. ( Denmark, Lithuania, Hungary, and Slovakia might also be possible.)

flashguy

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It is possible to drive completely across Texas (east-west or north-south) in about 20 hours, so it is reasonable to expect that travel from London to France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Switaerland, Austria, Czech Republis, and Poland might be possible by train in 24 hours.

And in that 24 hours of travel from London, you won't go near any BBQ joints or hear any E-ha's.