Our couchette (cuşetă in Romanian) was already occupied by 2 Romanian men and one teenage lad (one of their sons?) already in bed when we got on at Brasov, so quite strange sharing such a small space with 3 people we hadn’t met and weren’t sure we shared any common language with.
Entries Tagged as 'trains'
How do you reserve 3 beds from Thessaloniki to Bucharesti?
August 3rd, 2009 by jane · 2 Comments · trains, travel
9.00am Greek train booking office, Athens: “No, I can’t give you reservations on the train Bucharest. I have only 3 beds and I must sell them. But you can buy in Thessaloniki. The Romanians have more — it’s easy” 1.30pm Larissa train station, Athens. Inernational booking office opens: “No train to Bucharest” “Why?” “I don’t know!”
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Food for a 2-day train journey
August 3rd, 2009 by callum · 4 Comments · food, trains, travel
2 Spinopitas 1 Tiropita 13 Oranges 7 Bottles of water 4 Large tomatoes 2 Cucumbers
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Venezia to Ancona
July 21st, 2009 by jane · 4 Comments · Uncategorized, trains, travel
Sunday 19th Venazia to Bologna Our first local, supplement-free train! An early rise at 6am and breakfast of cornflakes, white sliced toast and strawberry jam at “Sleep Cheap at Francesca’s B&B”, whilst the owners slept in the living room, giving over their two large bedrooms to paying guests. I slept badly as cannon-like fireworks boomed […]
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Courgettes Are Fun!!!!!!(even though they taste nasty)
July 21st, 2009 by callum · 2 Comments · trains
Cuchettes are fun, like miniature houses you share with people youve never met before!!!!!!!! It would have been boring to get a compartment to ourselves
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TRAIN RAP (pom, pom, pom,)
July 21st, 2009 by callum · No Comments · trains
a short rap for three people or more ; Person no. 1 any refreshments, any refreshments
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Paris Gare de Bercy to Venezia Santa Lucia
July 21st, 2009 by jane · 2 Comments · Uncategorized, trains, travel
After a 4 hour breakdown (we were told 5 minutes 2 hours ago — no-one really knows what the problem is) we’re moving on through the edge of the Alps, past Lake Maggiore, towards Milan. The plus side of the delay is that we travel this section in day light, eating our breakfast of pain au chocolat.
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Resources
July 13th, 2009 by chris · 1 Comment · resources, trains, travel
I’m going to note here some of the resources we’ve found useful in planning the trip. Firstly I have to mention the remarkable Man in Seat Sixty-One website. This is run by Mark Smith, an individual rail travel enthusiast, who has collected together an enormous amount of helpful information about travelling by rail in Europe (and […]
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Is it really greener to fly?
June 28th, 2009 by chris · 2 Comments · climate change, flights, trains
Until the other week, I’d assumed that it was completely clear that flying (particularly long-haul, but all flying to some extent) was a really Bad Thing in terms of its contribution to climate change. I’ve not studied the climate change science in much detail, but I constantly hear from those who have that flying is […]
Callum’s list of things to do on a boring lllllllllooooonnnnngggg distance train
June 26th, 2009 by callum · 3 Comments · trains
write a story that has the same number of chapters as stations you go through. As soon as you stop at a station you have to start a new chapter. eat a sandwich by taking a bite whenever you pass a hill.
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