Recap of my 2024 Interrail cross-European trip

A month and a half after my European Interrail trip, I finally feel like writing my recap. Phew! In short: it was amazing, you should do it too, and train travel is the best. And now, a longer version… steps: 403 036. That’s a bit less than 270 kilometers, with an average of 13 434…

interrail management update

I still don’t have too much energy, but made some progress on my interrail trip content management, so here’s a small update since last time. Done April 6 – 11 photos are now live on Wikimedia Commons. April 12 – 15 photos are now sorted and ready for importing to Wikimedia Commons (I’ll upload everything…

What I brought on my trip

Here’s what I brought with me on my travel through Europe − hope it helps anyone who wants to do a similar trip! Luggage 50L black backpack which I highly recommend. A tote bag for when I wanted to walk around and my fanny pack wasn’t enough (eg. bringing a picnic or sunscreen). Used it…

interrail management update

Done March 31 – April 5 photos, as well as a couple of days around the middle of the month, are now live on Wikimedia Commons. I don’t know how to create a precise Commons album of my uploads but for now checking my recent uploads would normally be enough to follow 🙂 Alt text…

back from the trip

I’m back home! Good night!

Rome, Italy

Going to Rome This is my only train ride that’s in second class and on a completely full train. I’m sitting on a 4-seat contraption with three other people. And they’re all really nice! The man sitting opposite me keeps trying to peddle his cookies onto us to stop himself from eating the whole box,…

Verona, Italy

As I leave Salzburg on an very comfy ÖBB train at 11am, I’m ready for a 6 hour long journey. I am young and innocent and naive. When I left you yesterday, I was stranded right outside of the Salzburg Hauptbahnhof station. We were brought back to the main station after three quarters of an…

Salzburg, Austria

I will spend slightly less than 48 hours in Salzburg, the last city I’m truly excited about – Trento and Bolzano are nice enough but they’re mostly stops along the way to Milan, as I talked about in my last post. My hotel, Markus Sittikus, is really lovely. After a flight of stairs, you get…

Munich, Germany

The train ride between Berlin and Munich is long. I didn’t book my tickets in advance, as I wasn’t sure when I’d get up, and it’s very hard to find a seat – but when I finally do, it’s a smooth and comfortable ride all the way. The pilgrimage It is absolutely freezing, and the…

Berlin, Germany

I stayed in Berlin for one more day to see friends and recover. Tuesday The sleeper train cabin was a nice experience and I slept decently well, although I woke up too many times to count this as a full night. On arrival, I’m tempted to go back immediately: over the span of my 12…