Comments on: Strangers on a train: why it’s not always good to talk https://www.501places.com/2012/10/strangers-on-a-train/ Travel stories that won't change the world Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:43:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: JH https://www.501places.com/2012/10/strangers-on-a-train/#comment-70359 JH Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:40:03 +0000 https://www.501places.com/?p=8825#comment-70359 The grass is always greener, so they say. It's easy to hate a place you've lived in all your life and seen the bad and good sides of. Sometimes it might just be a cultural thing where cynicism is a norm. The grass is always greener, so they say. It’s easy to hate a place you’ve lived in all your life and seen the bad and good sides of. Sometimes it might just be a cultural thing where cynicism is a norm.

]]> By: Traveling Ted https://www.501places.com/2012/10/strangers-on-a-train/#comment-70309 Traveling Ted Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:52:03 +0000 https://www.501places.com/?p=8825#comment-70309 People who find any excuse to complain are pretty annoying. Good thing you only had to deal with his negativity for few minutes. People who find any excuse to complain are pretty annoying. Good thing you only had to deal with his negativity for few minutes.

]]> By: Federico https://www.501places.com/2012/10/strangers-on-a-train/#comment-70304 Federico Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:30:44 +0000 https://www.501places.com/?p=8825#comment-70304 Sometimes these conversations make a trip memorable, but in others they just become a simple anecdote to be forgotten. I once had a great conversation with a family in a train in Romania, which wasn't as fun later because the father slapped the 6 year old thinking she was bothering me when wanting to play. Ugh. Sometimes these conversations make a trip memorable, but in others they just become a simple anecdote to be forgotten. I once had a great conversation with a family in a train in Romania, which wasn’t as fun later because the father slapped the 6 year old thinking she was bothering me when wanting to play. Ugh.

]]> By: Andy Jarosz https://www.501places.com/2012/10/strangers-on-a-train/#comment-70257 Andy Jarosz Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:41:10 +0000 https://www.501places.com/?p=8825#comment-70257 And it's a very good museum too. They use technology to tailor the experience for each visitor, presenting the exhibits in their language. You can also sit in the basement and listen for as long as you want to the music of Chopin. And it’s a very good museum too. They use technology to tailor the experience for each visitor, presenting the exhibits in their language. You can also sit in the basement and listen for as long as you want to the music of Chopin.

]]> By: Hal Peat https://www.501places.com/2012/10/strangers-on-a-train/#comment-70256 Hal Peat Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:37:26 +0000 https://www.501places.com/?p=8825#comment-70256 Your train journey companion certainly did me one small favor, since he caused you to write this and in doing so mention the Chopin Museum, which I didn't even know existed until reading your account. I'm a huge fan of anything to do with the romantics but Chopin is also by far my favorite classical composer. Now I know where I'll be headed first thing when the day arrives that I visit Warsaw. Your train journey companion certainly did me one small favor, since he caused you to write this and in doing so mention the Chopin Museum, which I didn’t even know existed until reading your account. I’m a huge fan of anything to do with the romantics but Chopin is also by far my favorite classical composer. Now I know where I’ll be headed first thing when the day arrives that I visit Warsaw.

]]> By: Mike https://www.501places.com/2012/10/strangers-on-a-train/#comment-70254 Mike Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:13:43 +0000 https://www.501places.com/?p=8825#comment-70254 Sometimes, lucks really pays off when you've come across a stranger who is good and positive to talk. If I were in the situation, I would break the ice while being board in the train. Talking to some locals will really help writers get some valuable information. It's a kind of outlook that defines the writer perception. Sometimes, lucks really pays off when you’ve come across a stranger who is good and positive to talk. If I were in the situation, I would break the ice while being board in the train. Talking to some locals will really help writers get some valuable information. It’s a kind of outlook that defines the writer perception.

]]> By: Adam https://www.501places.com/2012/10/strangers-on-a-train/#comment-70252 Adam Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:20:32 +0000 https://www.501places.com/?p=8825#comment-70252 Seems healthy to me to speak to people as dispassionate about their country as those that are full of positive things to say. But when it starts to become too one-sided I can see why you'd want to avoid it. Seems healthy to me to speak to people as dispassionate about their country as those that are full of positive things to say. But when it starts to become too one-sided I can see why you’d want to avoid it.

]]> By: Agness (@Agnesstramp) https://www.501places.com/2012/10/strangers-on-a-train/#comment-70250 Agness (@Agnesstramp) Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:32:29 +0000 https://www.501places.com/?p=8825#comment-70250 I agree with "Don't walk from negative people. Run!" Believe me or not, but the same thing happened to me when I was travelling in China by trains. What I did back then, I ran to another compartment :). Great story mate! I agree with “Don’t walk from negative people. Run!” Believe me or not, but the same thing happened to me when I was travelling in China by trains. What I did back then, I ran to another compartment :) . Great story mate!

]]> By: Jackie Rose (@letssitoutside) https://www.501places.com/2012/10/strangers-on-a-train/#comment-70249 Jackie Rose (@letssitoutside) Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:55:24 +0000 https://www.501places.com/?p=8825#comment-70249 Good post! Aside from avoiding unpleasantness, occasionally I've found it unsafe to engage people in transit. After exchanging polite conversation with a guy on an airplane, he asked if I wanted a ride to my apartment when we landed in New York. I said no thank you but it still took all my womanly wiles to get him to leave me alone at the airport. I said my (imaginary) boyfriend was coming to pick me up, please excuse me while I use the bathroom (for 20 minutes)... Finally involving a security officer ended things. I've had other uncomfortable situations of a similar sort while traveling alone in Indonesia and Ghana as well as on the NYC subway. When traveling alone I now know to be much more aware of the environment, and use environmental cues to help me decided whether to open my mouth :) Good post! Aside from avoiding unpleasantness, occasionally I’ve found it unsafe to engage people in transit. After exchanging polite conversation with a guy on an airplane, he asked if I wanted a ride to my apartment when we landed in New York. I said no thank you but it still took all my womanly wiles to get him to leave me alone at the airport. I said my (imaginary) boyfriend was coming to pick me up, please excuse me while I use the bathroom (for 20 minutes)… Finally involving a security officer ended things. I’ve had other uncomfortable situations of a similar sort while traveling alone in Indonesia and Ghana as well as on the NYC subway.

When traveling alone I now know to be much more aware of the environment, and use environmental cues to help me decided whether to open my mouth :)

]]> By: Tim Prevett https://www.501places.com/2012/10/strangers-on-a-train/#comment-70248 Tim Prevett Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:56:10 +0000 https://www.501places.com/?p=8825#comment-70248 Aye, a saying I've run into recently. "Don't walk away from negative people. Run." Aye, a saying I’ve run into recently. “Don’t walk away from negative people. Run.”

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