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Yeah, I've used trains in Germany too, way back when I was touring in '05. They were very cool, with lots of space like the NL double decker ones. But yeah, if you wanted to do the Lost Dot new gravel thing over east, you're in for a long ride or flying.
Having seen what Americans do, I feel like my few flights a year are fuck all, so I'm not feeling guilty about it. The planet is already fucked and I spent 40 years dodging cars commuting so I've done my bit, fuck you all, humans. :D
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I think the slow trains in France are a bit better. They are in Germany, I've got around by train fairly easily there. You can even generally blag on to ICEs with no bike spaces left if you take wheels off and put your bike in a bin bag. I've seen people doing that on the platform in France too - just it's different rules for each TGV line.
But flying is 100x easier to plan. And forget trains if you want to go east of Slovenia.