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Europe - travel by train.

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Fleurpepper Sat 01-Oct-22 14:21:57

Very easy from our local station Joseanne. Our next trip will be to Bordeaux.

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Joseanne Sat 01-Oct-22 14:19:35

Your travels, by train, do sound amazing Fleurpepper and I look forward to the day when we can do similar, after retirement of course! I fancy trying London to Aix by train to start with.
It does make it easier if you live in London in the first place, otherwise it can be a hassle getting to St. Pancras.

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Fleurpepper Sat 01-Oct-22 14:09:20

In our case, London to Paris, then on to Montreux, on to Verona, but would be easy to go on to Milan and then Bologna, Florence ...

From Verona we went on to very interesting Gorizia, then Bled and Ljubliana, Graz and Innsbruck, return via Bern.

We had tickets to Paris on Eurostar, then Inter-rail for 15 days, allowing 6 travelling days.

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Fleurpepper Sat 01-Oct-22 14:05:37

Yes, parts of Europe, as mentioned in OP, are very easy to reach by great trains. Man in Seat 61 is a fabulous site.

From London, for instance, it is much much easier and more relaxed to go to Paris by train rather than plane. And then on from there.

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Barmeyoldbat Sat 01-Oct-22 13:40:43

I do keep planning a rail trip around Europe, I have a map with all the train stations and I use the web site The Man in Seat 61 which is a wonderful site. Was planning and costing a trip to Japan by rail but war by Russia has put paid to that. Done SE Asia by train. so now it’s Europe

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Fleurpepper Sat 01-Oct-22 13:03:10

We are lucky that our local trains go to St Pancras, so direct access to EuroStar.

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Fleurpepper Sat 01-Oct-22 12:56:04

Recently we have re-discovered the joys of travelling by train.

From London to Paris and all over France, Bruges, Alsace, Eastern Germany, Switzerland, Northern Italy, Austria, Slovenia and more. Lots of new routes being opened now in Europe, and many with night trains. I don't live night trains, as I just love watching the countryside go by.

So much easier than travelling by plane, as basically town centre to town centre, rather than have to get to airports dotted all over the place with long access to and from.

And did you know that special tickets exists, from Inter-Rail and all sorts of other options. We recenty did Inter-Rail- and actually chose to pay extra for first class. Brilliant. Travel light - but access to modern trains is so much easier now, and we found people everywhere, staff or other passengers, always prepared to help. And taxis to and fro station and accomodation, or Hôtel pick up- brilliant.

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