Thursday, March 3, 2011

Wort des Tages: Schwarzfahren

German Word of the Day!


Schwarzfahren- sshw-ARTS-fah-ren "black-riding"

To ride the city bus without paying for a ticket.  I'm pretty sure everyone in Salzburg does this, but it is still frowned upon by civilized folk.  Its easy to do because you don't have to show a ticket every time you get on a bus.  BUT if you're caught by the random ticket control officers that are apparently out there, you can be fined 60-100 Euros!  But hey, at 2.10 a ride, who wouldn't take that risk?

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