Utter, jet-lagged randomness

[ellarien]

In Denmark I encountered something labelled as 'Persian Earl Grey Tea', which was black tea with jasmine. It was rather pleasant, reminiscent of the jasmine tea in Chinese restaurants, but Google wots not of it.

Does anyone ever check actually their bag against the claim tag? As opposed to, oh, reading the label to be sure it has their name on, if the bag has no other distinguishing features?

By the same token, I've never noticed a rush to the carriage doors when the announcer on the (British) train exhorts people to go and read the safety notices there. (And indeed, such a rush would probably be in contravention of advice to keep luggage with you and out of the aisle.) If they actually wanted the notices to be read, they'd do better putting them where people could see them from their seats.

Denmark has double-decker trains.

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[fivemack.livejournal.com]

Most of Northern Europe has double-decker trains; I've certainly ridden on them in the Netherlands and in Germany.

Unfortunately, most of Britain's tunnels were built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who imagined very wide trains but not very tall ones, so we can't run double-decker trains because they wouldn't fit.

[ellarien]

Ah, that makes sense!