Friday February 1, 2008
Speed-dating, by train, in German
Struggling to find a partner this Valentine’s Day? Struggle no more, because according to a press release that has just landed in my inbox, those enterprising folk over at Deutsche Bahn are giving you the chance to find love on the rails. They’ve launched the Flirt Express – a speed-dating event which will be taking place concurrently in 15 German cities including Berlin, Frankfurt and Hamburg. Guess you’ll have to speak German, though, or you may find your romantic prospects somewhat limited.
Of course I thought this was terribly new and exciting, but just to check, the first thing I did was google “speed-dating train”, and discovered … blimey. First Great Western, of all people, came up with the scheme 18 months ago. Who’d have thought it?
Nevertheless, “speed dating by train among the Germans” sounds like a good first-person travel/love feature for some journalist or other – though for about 1,000 very good reasons, not me.
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