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Chapter 1: Interrailing in Europe - July/August 2015


50 days travelling with your partner. A dream or a nightmare?
Everyone loves spending time with their one true love or special person, whether it be seeing them after school or moving into a house...
Sep 13, 2015


Day 50 – The end
Our travelling has come to an end and deep down, I’m not all that upset. 7 weeks was a long time and maybe 6 weeks was just enough, we...
Sep 12, 2015


Day 49 – Going home
It was 6am and we were up to finish packing and tidying up the apartment. We told the owners to come at 7am, thinking they would be late...
Sep 11, 2015


Day 48 – Cannes
We actually did something today and left just after 10am to visit Cannes! We walked to the train station and took ages getting tickets....
Sep 10, 2015


Day 47 – Monte Carlo
We were both sunburnt this morning and a lovely lobster colour. It didn’t help our motivation to get up and do something so we ended up...
Sep 9, 2015


Day 46 – Nice
We wanted to get up early to go to Cannes and Monte Carlo today, but I felt pretty sick and just didn’t want to do anything. It always...
Sep 8, 2015


Day 45 – Nice
I don’t remember falling asleep last night but I still felt tired. We allowed ourselves to sleep for a bit longer as our check out time...
Sep 7, 2015


Day 44 – Germany and France
Düsseldorf was so busy at this time of the morning but we managed to get comfy sofas in Starbucks so we could work out what to do next....
Sep 6, 2015


Day 43 – Holland
We were awoken by the silence of our roomates – not really, they were still so weird and didn’t talk. For the second time in a row, I had...
Sep 5, 2015


Day 42 – Amsterdam
We had tried to sleep last night until 7am where we would get a connecting train. However, at 4.40am, some people had reserved our seats...
Sep 4, 2015


Day 41 – Munich
Surprisingly, we slept really well on the train and when it got really cold during the night, they actually put on the radiators in the...
Sep 3, 2015


Day 40 – Auschwitz
For some reason, we found it hard to pick up a wifi signal in our room and as the hostel was still teeming with all the boys, we thought...
Sep 2, 2015


Day 39 – Krakow
Our train was delayed not 110 minutes, but 4 hours. I woke up at 7.40am in distress. We should should have been in Krakow by now after...
Sep 1, 2015


Day 38 – Prague
We had slept in a sauna last night. It was so warm – unbearable even – but only because we were up in this loft area, the rest of the...
Aug 31, 2015


Day 37 – Prague
We had to check out to move rooms, and then check in again – bit of a hassle. Breakfast was provided and very plain, but at the end of...
Aug 30, 2015


Day 36 – Berlin/Leipzig/Prague
Our Taiwanese friend was up and had left early whilst our other late arriving roommate slept through all 3 of us leaving, we still didn’t...
Aug 29, 2015


Day 35 – Berlin
In Berlin train station, we quickly got the connecting train to our hostel. We had the option of using the underground, train or bus to...
Aug 28, 2015


Day 34 – Verona
We really aren’t suited for hitchhiking because we were still so tired this morning after yesterday. The chheck out time was at 12pm and...
Aug 26, 2015


Day 33 – North Italy
As we initially planned to leave yesterday, Calvin was upset that we wouldn’t see the the market that is set up outside his flat once a...
Aug 25, 2015


Day 32 – Milan
Whilst everyone was still asleep, I got up and left to get my haircut. I knew the general area where it was but not exactly, and I had to...
Aug 24, 2015


Day 31 – Milan
We were still so tired from Expo yesterday that we took a lie in. We knew we had another two days in Milan anyway so it wasn’t like we...
Aug 23, 2015


Day 30 – Milan Expo 2015
For those who don’t know what Expo is, it’s like a giant world fair. For this one, 145 countries came together with other businesses and...
Aug 21, 2015


Day 29 – Venice/Milan
When we woke up, the girls had already left and it was just the two of us left. If you can remember, when we visited Venice, the campsite...
Aug 20, 2015


Day 28 – Venice
The girls were excited to see Venice today and as a result we had all woken up reasonably early to get the bus in. Unfortunately,...
Aug 19, 2015


Day 27 – Lake Garda/Venice
I woke up to a debate going on in the other room. The girls were all arguing over something they had heard from back home – all the...
Aug 18, 2015


Day 26 – Lake Garda
I woke up to a message on my phone from the landlord in Florence. Bad news. She had said that they didn’t find anything but wished me...
Aug 17, 2015


Day 25 – Lake Garda
We are half way through our trip yet it didn’t seem like we had been gone for long at all, or that there were the same number of days...
Aug 16, 2015


Day 24 – Acqui Terme/Lake Garda
As much as we would have liked, we felt we had stayed long enough and had to move on at some point. Today, my girlfriend and I would be...
Aug 15, 2015


Day 23 – Acqui Terme
In our actual plan at the start, we hadn’t planned to come here at all, but having spent one less day in Budapest and after leaving...
Aug 14, 2015


Day 22 – Acqui Terme
I woke up and opened the shutters to the countryside, hit by the sun’s rays coming over the tree line. There was a smell of coffee and...
Aug 13, 2015


Day 21 – Pisa/Acqui Terme
Everyone woke up late and it was a mad rush to throw everything into our bags and tidy the flat. Although it took some people longer than...
Aug 12, 2015


Day 20 – Florence
Due to our ‘wild’ night, everyone slept longer than usual, but I made sure that once everyone was ready, we were out the door and spend...
Aug 11, 2015


Day 19 – Florence
Today we were to meet our friends in Florence and stay with them for two nights in an apartment. It is much cheaper this way as there...
Aug 10, 2015


Day 18 – Rome/Florence
We woke up early enough we thought, but obviously not as early as anyone else. I tried to be quiet and respectable when going to the...
Aug 9, 2015


Day 17 – Rome
The Spanish had left at 7.30am wherever they were going and woke me up, of course my girlfriend slept on. As I was up, I spent a long...
Aug 8, 2015


Day 16 – Rome
As everyone knows, Rome is full of history and  so I made sure that we got up early to do a long day of sightseeing. Walking down to the...
Aug 7, 2015


Day 15 – Rome
An early breakfast was needed so we could catch a train to Rome. It would be the last time we went through the dodgy market and I’m not...
Aug 6, 2015


Day 14 – Amalfi
Sacking the idea of visiting Capri and keeping the money for something better in the future, we boarded the same local train for the 3rd...
Aug 5, 2015


Day 13 – Sorrento
As it was the same train as yesterday, we knew to go to the front of the train and to the furthest end of the platform to avoid the...
Aug 4, 2015


Day 12 – Pompeii
It was culture day today and a visit to Pompeii was in order. I had read about the Circumvesuviana trains (the city trains) and how they...
Aug 3, 2015


Day 11 – Bari/Naples
I hardly got any sleep on the boat but my girlfriend did of course, wrapped up in my jumper (they really need to learn to turn off air...
Aug 2, 2015


Day 10 – Dubrovnik
Today we were back on sightseeing mode to visit the old walled town of Dubrovnik. We walked to the bus station because I didn’t know if...
Aug 1, 2015


Day 9 – Dubrovnik
There was a new girl at the desk this morning and she was lovely compared to the other girl. She informed us that the ferry workers were...
Aug 1, 2015


Day 8 – Split/Hvar
Still travelling… The overnight train was full of french speaking backpackers. We felt left out on all the gossip but they made an effort...
Jul 30, 2015


Day 7 – Budapest/Train/Zagreb
I woke up to my girlfriend cuddling me on the bottom bunk. What was the point of getting two bunks I thought, rather than how lucky I am...
Jul 29, 2015


Day 6 – Budapest
From listening to all my friends and other stories about Budapest, I was expecting great things. None of which delivered. We had planned...
Jul 28, 2015


Day 5 – Vienna/Breclav
I ran a marathon the day before I started my trip and with very little training. As you can imagine, my legs were very stiff the first...
Jul 27, 2015


Day 4 – Vienna
I was super excited today because we were going to see penguins (my favourite animal). Unfortunately not at the South Pole, but at the...
Jul 25, 2015


Day 3 – Bratislava/Vienna
This morning we woke up and searched for a backpack, a smaller bag that we could take with us on day trips (I can’t stress how essential...
Jul 25, 2015


Day 2 – Bratislava
I didn’t know what to expect from the Slovakian capital but it would have completely changed anyway. It was beautiful! It was warm and...
Jul 24, 2015
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