Where we enjoy our dinner on the Connecting Europe Express, I tell you about high-speed rail in Czech Republic, and I declare my love for Prague.
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Category: Connecting Europe Express
Travelling across 26 European countries by train in 5 weeks
Day 23 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Ljubljana to Brno
Where I talk a bit about train travelling, I go visit splendid Ljubljana, and the Connecting Europe Express passes through some amazing mountain scenery.
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Day 22 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Krakow to Ljubljana (overnight)
Where I discover a lot of interesting things about Krakow and Ostrava, including about rail, 30 minutes of weird stuff happens, and we prepare to spend the second night in a row on the Connecting Europe Express.
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Day 21 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Bialystok to Kaunas
Where the Baltic meets Europe (gauge), I go through some stunning stats about the Connecting Europe Express epic journey, and I speak about Esperanto and a stunning monastery in Lithuania.
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Day 20 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Gdańsk to Bialystok
Where there are two Connecting Europe Express around the Baltic Sea, I am impressed about Gdansk, and I take another ride down the historic memory lane.
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Day 19 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Warsaw to Gdansk
Where I talk about the pleasure of sleeping on the Connecting Europe Express and the importance of historic memory.
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Day 18 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Arad to Warsaw (overnight)
Where I tell why this is a special day and I get a big philosophical, I learn some things about Budapest, and we spend the first night on the Connecting Europe Express
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Day 17 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Bucharest to Arad
Where I survived a food marathon, perhaps even won it, and the Connecting Europe Express crossed amazing Transylvania. Well, if you have gone to the end of yesterday’s post, you know we were all invited to a gala dinner last night. By all I mean anyone on the train who wanted to […]
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Day 16 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Ruse to Bucharest
Where – incredibly – I wake up early to go see the Danube, the Connecting Europe Express crosses the border and enters Romania, and we (more they) talk about financing infrastructures in the transport sector in Bucharest.
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Day 15 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Sofia to Ruse
Where I visit Sofia and go shopping Bulgarian wine, I learn a lot of unexpected things about issue of big transport projects, and the Connecting Europe Express reaches the Danube again after crossing the whole country.
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Day 14 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Athens to Sofia
Where I briefly talk about Athens Acropolis, I inexplicably find myself talking a lot about food, and the Connecting Europe Express passes by a stunning territory between Greece and Bulgaria Thank you Athens for being so beautifully chaotic, and full of cats, as usual. It’s always a pleasure, especially going for a cold […]
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Day 13 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Skopje to Athens
Where we leave early, too early, and the Connecting Europe Express crosses Macedonia and enters into Greece following the footsteps of the legendary Orient Express
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