So i've started booking up an adventure for the summer and figured that the collective wisdom of the forum would have some advice on interesting workings I may encounter en route or some lines I should try and squeeze in as i'm fairly loose on plans at the minute (with a couple of exceptions- eg. I have to catch the morning Budapest-Deli to Zagreb Kolovdor service to make sure I make my hotel check-in time, and in general, the end destinations each day are mandatory as i'll have a hotel booked there already).
So my plan so far is as follows-
27/06- Fly from Stansted to Oslo- arrive mid-afternoon and stay overnight.
28/06- (Interrail starts)- 05:56 Oslo S-Stockholm. Travel First Class Sleeper overnight to Malmo
29/06- Spend morning/afternoon in Copenhagen, onwards to Hamburg via Rodby and the Train Ferry
30/06- Hamburg-Prague. Likely looking at breaking journey in Dresden and Halle to snag the hauled S-Bahn services.
01/07- Based in Prague all day- might go for a snoop around the depot in Usti nad Labem.
02/07- No real aim but starting in Prague, I need to end the day in Vienna.
03/07- Vienna-Bratislava-Budapest
04/07- Based in Budapest all day
05/07- Budapest-Zagreb. Likely will have a potter about on the local Commuter Rail which seems to be included in the pass.
06/07- Zagreb-Ljublijana-Maribor
This is where my concrete plan and booked hotels come to a halt. Yes, I do seem to pelt my way through Norway, Sweden and Denmark and that's because they're expensive so i'm fine with a short whistlestop tour before slowing down a little as the climate gets warmer. I'm 19 and reasonably fit so I have a tolerance built up from All Line Rovers for exceptionally long days
My rough plan after Maribor involves pottering through Austria for a couple of days before travelling through Switzerland, into Milan via Lugano/Chiasso, perhaps paying a visit to Turin before ending up in Ventimiglia and ambling my way down the French Riviera before spending a couple of days in Spain, ending my journey on July 20th in Madrid ready to fly back on July 21st.
I'll probably update this thread as I go along as well and have a full route constructed, and it'll eventually become a trip report when that time comes around. But for now it's more of an advice and gen thread I think!
So my plan so far is as follows-
27/06- Fly from Stansted to Oslo- arrive mid-afternoon and stay overnight.
28/06- (Interrail starts)- 05:56 Oslo S-Stockholm. Travel First Class Sleeper overnight to Malmo
29/06- Spend morning/afternoon in Copenhagen, onwards to Hamburg via Rodby and the Train Ferry
30/06- Hamburg-Prague. Likely looking at breaking journey in Dresden and Halle to snag the hauled S-Bahn services.
01/07- Based in Prague all day- might go for a snoop around the depot in Usti nad Labem.
02/07- No real aim but starting in Prague, I need to end the day in Vienna.
03/07- Vienna-Bratislava-Budapest
04/07- Based in Budapest all day
05/07- Budapest-Zagreb. Likely will have a potter about on the local Commuter Rail which seems to be included in the pass.
06/07- Zagreb-Ljublijana-Maribor
This is where my concrete plan and booked hotels come to a halt. Yes, I do seem to pelt my way through Norway, Sweden and Denmark and that's because they're expensive so i'm fine with a short whistlestop tour before slowing down a little as the climate gets warmer. I'm 19 and reasonably fit so I have a tolerance built up from All Line Rovers for exceptionally long days
My rough plan after Maribor involves pottering through Austria for a couple of days before travelling through Switzerland, into Milan via Lugano/Chiasso, perhaps paying a visit to Turin before ending up in Ventimiglia and ambling my way down the French Riviera before spending a couple of days in Spain, ending my journey on July 20th in Madrid ready to fly back on July 21st.
I'll probably update this thread as I go along as well and have a full route constructed, and it'll eventually become a trip report when that time comes around. But for now it's more of an advice and gen thread I think!
