Bus to eastern Europe

I wrote: I wonder if anyone has taken a bus to eastern Europe
(particularly from Germany or comparable) and their experiences. [...]
The buses that I am particularly interested in are the long-haul
ones used by eastern European workers in western European countries
(Germany in this case) to travel to and from their home country.

I'd check out their position on smoking (not just whether there is
a ban - whether they enforce it) before deciding. I'd rather do
48 hours on a smoke-free bus than one hour on a smoky one, and I
guess an addict might not go for "next puff is in Kaliningrad".

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Jack Campin - bogus address wrote: I'd check out their position on
smoking (not just whether there is a ban - whether they enforce it)
before deciding. I'd rather do
48 hours on a smoke-free bus than one hour on a smoky one, and I
guess an addict might not go for "next puff is in Kaliningrad".

That's a good point which I hadn't even thought about because I am
mainly used to flying. Smoking is bad enough with Germans, and I
imagine with most eastern Europeans it is worse.

George

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:01:57 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
wrote:

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I had to look that one up.

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Nice resource, that. I have bookmarked it.

I needed it to look up 'chav' a while back. It's been bookmarked ever
since.
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Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

I wrote: I wonder if anyone has taken a bus to eastern Europe
(particularly from Germany or comparable) and their experiences. [...]
The buses that I am particularly interested in are the long-haul
ones used by eastern European workers in western European countries
(Germany in this case) to travel to and from their home country.

I'd check out their position on smoking (not just whether there is
a ban - whether they enforce it) before deciding. I'd rather do
48 hours on a smoke-free bus than one hour on a smoky one, and I
guess an addict might not go for "next puff is in Kaliningrad".

In this respect, I've found Eurolines to be very good. They have a
non-smoking policy and on any of the buses I've taken (including eastern
Europe) it's been enforced.

Paradoxically, I've been on non-smoking buses in Manchester where the
driver has smoked, and chucked the ash out of an open window. That's
deregulation for you...

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