Yesterday I took my first ride on ICE, Germany’s high-speed train line, which routinely travels at speeds of over 300 kilometers (or 186 miles) per hour. The trip between Munich and Nuremberg took one hour, which is roughly half the time it takes to drive. As I was watching the scenery whip by, I couldn’t sense that we were actually going very fast. Sure, my eyes couldn’t rest long on a single object, but the horizon line unfolded at what felt like a normal pace. Then the track ran alongside the Autobahn and man, did we leave those cars in the dust. Best of all, it was as quiet as a whisper inside the car. Really, truly a pleasure.  You can get a sense of how fast that baby goes–and the videographer’s reaction–with this video.

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