I looked and you are right. Found some rates that were comparable to my searches last Fall. I somehow got sucked into a United rabbit hole on that one, seeing rates around $2800 in economy class, now finding rates around $1300 =/- from Lufthansa or Delta. So that looks much better thanks. I did learn that that Eurail has only certain high speed trains that carry bikes, and you have to buy a bike ticket at the station, not online. It was nice of them to provide a link to timetables that you could search "only trains that carry bikes" Here is that link:
https://mandrillapp.com/track/click/...U5MTYzXCJdfSJ9
But we will probably fly anyway this time.
Thanks to all of you that responded.
Gyro Gearloose