I´ve discovered a direct over-night train from Budapest to Warsaw that is not listed in the Eurail Timetable. It leaves Budapest Keleti at 20:00 and arrives in Warsaw Central at 7:20am.
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I make my way from Budapest to Vienna to catch the night train from Vienna to Krakow. In Vienna, taking the tram from Westbahnhof to Sudbahnhof, I meet a Brazilian woman who is traveling across Europe.

We arrive at the ticket counter in Vienna Sudbanhof around 9:30pm. We each have a Rail Pass, but we know that we will need a supplemental ticket for the night train. The ticket agent tells us that no beds can be reserved on this train after 7pm. He explains that we have to purchase a bed supplemental ticket on the train. We think he says “40 Euros,” and the Brazilian woman says “forget it, I can sleep in a seat, I don’t need a bed.”
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I´m beginning the longest train trip I´ve ever embarked on. Budapest to Valencia, Spain. Schedule says about 30 hours on the train, with 3 connections. Sounds daunting, but I´m excited.

Tonight I´m on a night train. I walk into my sleeping cabin, but there are 2 other people there. Seems crowded, and there are empty cabins. I re-assign myself. The steward, however, wants me in my assigned cabin. The woman has left, apparently she was in the wrong cabin. But still, I think what a waste to have these empty cabins, and this thought wakes me up in the middle of the night, along with the odor from the man´s socks sleeping across from me.
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