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.
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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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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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Travel update
July 12th, 2009 by chris · 6 Comments · islands, travel
Only four days to go! Packing has started, camping stuff is being gone through, Chris is getting fractious… Our latest itinerary is on the site — but have no doubt that this will continue to evolve as we progress. The latest plan is that we will leave Athens for Paros on Wednesday 22nd, and we’ll camp on […]
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