Arnon Grunberg

Amtrak

Experience

European trains are in general better and more civilized than Amtrak, although I do have a soft spot for Amtrak. But the dining car experience on European trains is crouching towards the Amtrak experience.
Last summer the steward in the dining car between Venice and Munich told us: “We don’t have electricity, so all I can offer you is cheese.”
Today, the steward in the dining car between Mannheim and Zurich said: “Our refrigerators aren’t working, but I have Currywurst and there is cold beer.”
She made it sound as if all a decent human being wants on a train is Currywurst and cold beer.

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