My wife and I make okay money in a middle class area, but, due to a combination of good luck, and contrived to circumstances, we recently got to watch a college football game in the stadium’s super executive corporate sponsor level suite. It was awesome. Open bar, amazing catered food, and people networking all around me who are clearly in the c-suite of their respective companies. I had a list of crazy things I was going to say if someone asked me what I did, but it never came up.
I sometimes take the ICE from Arnhem to Utrecht. It’s special, because it’s an international train with sleeping cabins and sometimes even on-board catering. You usually have to pay an extra supplement, but not if you only ride it nationally. This kind of train only stops on three stations in the Netherlands (Armhem, Utrecht, Amsterdam), which makes it more special.
As a German the ICE is nothing special, at least when riding in 2nd class.
Sure, it’s nicer than riding regional trains, but it’s nothing very posh.
Yes it’s not much, but it feels special because it’s an international train for which you usually have to pay a supplement.
really?
Only if you have a subscription though. Like a businessman, a student card or a “traject vrij abonnement”. It doesn’t count for individual sold tickets, I guess that also means prepaid ov cards.