The road is actually not bad, from Hamburg all the way south, using the network of motorways throughout Germany, via Hanover, Kassel, Frankfurt, Mannheim, Karlsruhe to Strasbourg. Although driving is a bit more strenuous than taking a train, driving allows you to visit the German and French cities along the way, which makes it more free to travel by train.

The main thing is that there are no tolls and no speed limits on German autobahns, so if you want to reduce the cost of travel or experience the feeling of racing at high speed, German Autobahn is the way to go!

In addition to the road trip, there is also the option of a bus, which is connected to the same bus routes as the railways in Germany.

Of course, the most comfortable, fastest and easiest way to travel is to take a plane, most cities in Europe have airports, and there are many flights to choose from, but it is a little slower to check a large number of things, suitable for business travel, not very suitable for travel like Hong Tao and their moves.

On the question of choosing a means of transportation, the Marx brothers and Pan were very generous in ceding this right to the guests. Hong Tao did not waste this opportunity, he chose two ways in one go: rail and self-driving, first taking ICE from Hamburg to Frankfurt, and then driving to Bishveler.

As for Hong Tao's toss for what is not too troublesome, the main responsible person is still on Pan. When Hong Tao and Wang Jian went around Hamburg by themselves, they didn't dare to drive the car left by Pan because they didn't have an international driver's license, but bought a hamburger card to make a bus.

After this matter was explained by Pan Zhilu, Hong Tao was counted well, although there is no word for turtle in English, but the meaning is almost the same. Hong Tao didn't talk back this time, because he was really a turtle, and only then did he realize that he could drive in Europe without an international driver's license. Since you have learned knowledge, you should suffer a little loss if you pay lip service.

A few more words about the driver's license are here, in case that reader wants to travel abroad, you can still refer to it. The international driver's license we are talking about is not actually a driver's license, it is a translation document issued in Chinese, English, French, Russian, German, Japanese, Arabic and other languages for the driver's license holders of the countries of the contracting countries, and the Chinese driver's license cannot apply for an international driver's license, because China is not a party to the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic.

However, if it is a short-term driving, such as traveling to Europe, the Chinese driver's license can basically be used in European countries, but there is one condition: that is, you need an institution or person with international certification translation qualifications to make a translation of your Chinese driver's license. Then add the signature and stamp of the translator or translation agency, and you can drive on the roads of most European countries, and the local police will also recognize this driver's license.

If you want to rent a car in Europe, in addition to the driver's license, there is also the age issue. Car rental is regulated differently in different European countries. The minimum age requirement for renting a car also varies, ranging from 21-25 years old. It is also required to have more than one year of driving experience. Some large companies also have an upper age limit. Anyway, the bigger the car rental company, the stricter the requirements for the customer, according to them, it is responsible for the personal safety of the customer.

In addition, when renting a car, customers are generally required to present an International Driver's Permit (translation certificate) and their native driver's license, so if you want to go to Europe for a road trip, you have to bring both.

It is very convenient to rent a car in Western, Northern and Southern Europe. In these countries, there are usually European car rental chains such as AVIS, Hertz and Europacr. They offer a variety of car rental services, and even you can rent a car from Germany, run all the way to Spain and return it, but be careful. This one-way car hire is generally not available in the UK and Ireland.

The author believes that if Europe really wants to complete integration, it must eradicate Britain from Europe, otherwise it will be difficult to succeed.

Generally, these chains require customers to show their credit card when renting a car, and you can pay for the car in any way you like when you return the car. If you don't have a credit card, it's troublesome, no credit card in Europe means that you have no credit, some local car rental shops will charge you a large deposit, most car rental shops don't even charge you a deposit, they don't rent to people who don't have a credit card at all, people don't want to do business with people who don't have credit.

Due to the relatively mild climate of the European continent, the temperature in summer is rarely above 30 degrees, so when renting a car in Europe, there are very few cars with air conditioning, and there are very few cars with automatic transmission.

There is another thing to pay attention to after the most important thing, and that is insurance. Overseas travel insurance generally does not cover traffic accidents in Europe, so when renting a car, you must add local insurance, and when you check the car and read the contract signing, you must understand the terms of the insurance before signing, so as not to have trouble in the future. We recommend WholeInsurance and FullProtection, which are the most comprehensive.

To get back to the point, since there is the possibility of driving by himself, Hong Tao definitely does not want to lose the opportunity to see the German non-speed limit highway, but he also wants to experience the long-awaited taste of European luxury trains, so taking a section of the railway and then driving on the road has become the way Hong Tao finally chooses.

Early the next morning, the Marx brothers each set off in an off-road vehicle, while Hong Tao, Wang Jian, and Pan arrived again at Hamburg railway station at noon, where they would board the ICE high-speed train, and in more than two hours they would be able to meet the Marx brothers at Frankfurt train station.

When they came to the Hamburg train station again, Hong Tao and Wang Jian seemed familiar with the road, and even deliberately pulled Pan to a corner and bought her a hamburger ice cream that Hong Tao and Wang Jian thought was the best.

"Well, yes, I haven't even paid attention to this small shop, it seems that you are about to become a real hamburger person, why don't you go and buy tickets, 3 tickets for the first class, I just see if you don't help, can you complete it?" Pan's expression at this time was like coaxing a child to play.

"Cut, easy! But why not a first-class carriage? It's only 2 hours, and it's all there. Hong Tao is very confident in his ability, but he is very sensitive to the word first-class carriage, no matter what the thing, a grade, the price is definitely different, the first-class carriage means a first-class price, this time Hong Tao went abroad at his own expense, without the boss's funding, spending his own money is generally more calculating.

"Since you want to take ICE, you have to take a first-class carriage to experience the full service of the high-speed train, why don't you buy the right ticket, even if I have a treat, if you buy the wrong one, we will AA system, how about it?" Pan made a small bet.

As soon as he heard that he could not spend his own money, Hong Tao immediately came to the spirit, pulled Wang Jian to trot all the way to the ticket window, and more than ten minutes later, he came back with three ICE first-class tickets as he wished, and proudly slapped them in Pan's hands.

The ICE train in Germany does not have the same unique appearance as the Japanese Shinkansen, and there is no difference in appearance from other trains in terms of bodywork, except for the color of the carriages, with two more red bars. Although the exterior is not too tall, the interior of the carriage is really a bit of material. said that it was a train car, but if he didn't tell Hong Tao, he would definitely think it was an airplane cockpit or a first-class cabin.

The ICE carriages are significantly wider than those of Chinese trains, with only three seats per row in the first-class carriages, which are larger than airplane seats, much like the kind of massage chairs sold in China. Each seat has its own TV system and sound system, so you can watch TV and videos as well as listen to music, although there is one point that headphones need to be purchased separately. But Pan told Hong Tao a trick: you can also plug into the socket of the audio system with the headphones of an ordinary Walkman, and although people who can afford a first-class ticket don't care about spending a few euros on a headphone, it is better to steal than to buy it, not only in China, but also in Germany.

In addition, the first class carriage also provides a variety of alcohol, tobacco and food, and can be brought to the seat by the waiter, and the basic treatment is similar to the first class of the aircraft. But this is not an airplane, there are large glass windows on both sides that are almost floor-to-ceiling, and it is much more nourishing to put the seats down and half-lie on them, listening to music while enjoying the scenery on both sides of the railway. (To be continued......)