Author: david

We took the train to Stuttgart this morning (taking advantage of the 36Euro for 2 day tickets).  F. was keen to see the Mercedes Benz museum, so we took the S-Bahn to there. Stuttgart’s station is undergoing some major rebuilding at the moment, with the Stuttgart 21 project (opening date, erm, 2031), essentially converting it READ MORE

We’ve spent most of the day at the Technical Museum in Speyer. I’d first heard of this in an article in The Register, and thought it sounded good.  It was a lot bigger than I was expecting; I’d thought it might take a morning, but we were there almost until it closed. We’d paid a READ MORE

We left Slaffhausen quite early this morning, and got a quick picnic breakfast from the supermarket at the station, before getting  a local train to Karlsruhe.  This was a little slower than the Intercity, but much cheaper – we got a Baden-Württemberg Ticket, which was only 36Eur for both of us and gave us unlimited READ MORE

We took the Bernina Railway today, ending up in Schaffhausen, close to the German border. The railway went though stunning scenery.  We stopped of en route at Pontrenesa, and had a look round the village. An advert on the train for the railway museum also led us astray for a couple of hours. Landquart was READ MORE

After I wrote my last post on the sleeper, I had to change compartment, as it transpired when the ticket checker came round, that there were only 5 couchettes in the compartment, but 6 people.  I was redirected to another compartment, but the couchette in there was faulty, so after much discussion between the train READ MORE

I started my trip this morning from Bristol.  I’d got an earlier train than the suggested connection, so had a bit of time in London before my Eurostar to Brussels. An easy (and free) cross London transfer on Interrail by getting the Elizabeth Line and Thameslink (changing at Farringdon) to avoid the underground. I’d had READ MORE

Europe here we come

I headed back to the UK on Tuesday. I’d set Monday aside to get a box to pack my bike in, and to actually get the bike in the box. It was too hot to do much else. From reading online and asking friends who’d done similar, it’s supposed to be quite easy to get READ MORE

The second of my day trips from Ljubliana was to Lake Bled. The hostel owner had also recommended Vintgar Gorge, which is nearby. I got the bus to Bled, which took me through some lovely scenery: Bled is at the eastern end of the lake, and was the tourist honeypot I expected it to be. READ MORE

As the forecast was for rain, I went to Postojna caves. This was about an hour away on the bus. I’d paid for the combined vivarium and caves ticket, as I was curious to see the Olm, which is a weird cave dwelling amphibian. I did manage to spot a couple in their aquarium, but READ MORE