RSSEurail Blog Category: train travel
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Bremen to Hannover to Basel to Lucern
Traveling back into winter and these Swiss houses seem built to appear in the winter landscape. Read more
Paris to Frankfurt to Bremen
Is the glass half-empty or half-full? I wonder as I look out the train window to see the green of grass mixed with the white of snow. Do I see winter continuing or spring beginning? There’s a German/Italian man sitting next to me on the first part of this trip, from Paris to Frankfurt. [...] Read more
Bolzano to Innsbruck
There’s a curious sight alongside these hilly tracks: stretches and stretches of gates. They are used to keep avalanches and fallen trees from disrupting train travel through these mountains. Read more
Innsbruck to Bolzano
Train Tip: Every other hour between 8am and 5pm, there is a direct EuroCity train that connects Innsbruck and Bolzano. Travel time on the EuroCity is two hours. On the off hours, you can make the trip using 2 local trains, connecting in Brenner just over the Italian-Austrian border. Read more
Milan to Bern to Zurich to Innsbruck
Train Tip: European train timetables, and prices, change in the middle of December each year. It seems like a crazy time to make changes, in the rush of holiday travel, but be forewarned. Read more
Salerno to Rome to Milan
On a tranquil afternoon train ride, sheep fill fields across the Italian countryside, as I am lulled to sleep after a week of great Italian holiday eating. Read more
Goteborg – Lillehammer, Norway
This is my first time riding the trains in Norway. It’s a beautiful train ride besides lakes and rivers, particularly dramatic in the late autumn of the season. As we careen across a bridge, a recorded message announces: “We are now leaving Sweden and the European Union.” Read more
Copenhagen – Goteborg, Sweden
I’m not a huge fan of these Regional trains that don’t have reclining seats. The Scandanavians are known as innovators of design and style. Surely, they could have installed reclining seats? I know that I am crossing into Sweden when I start seeing the landscape dotted with red cabins. Read more
About the Eurail Blog
Benjamin Thomas from the USA has been using Eurail Passes to explore Europe. On this weblog he shares his (train) travel experiences. Intro
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