Where the Connecting Europe Express travels slowly, very slowly through the centre of the Balkans.
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Category: Connecting Europe Express
Travelling across 26 European countries by train in 5 weeks
Day 11 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Zagreb to Belgrade
Where I am impressed by Zagreb, the Connecting Europe Express gets the first technical issue of the journey, I interview a passenger with an interesting war story, and we get COVID tested to enter Serbia. What an amazing welcome in Zagreb. Already at our arrival at the station, where a small conference […]
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Day 10 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Bratislava to Zagreb
Where I mostly give my two cents about the meaning of the integration process taking the rail system as an example and we get our passports checked for the first time on the Connecting Europe Express.
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Day 9 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – St. Pölten to Bratislava
Where I go visiting a train maintenance facility overnight, board in Vienna for the shorter border crossing so far, and arrive on the Connecting Europe Express at Bratislava’s train museum
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Day 8 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Bolzano to St. Pölten
Where the Connecting Europe Express stops in Brenner to wink to the tunnel under construction, we say goodbye to Italy, and we enjoy beautiful Austrian landscapes.
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Day 7 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Rome to Bolzano
Where I keep falling in love with Rome, I gather important information about Italy’s investments in transport, I congratulate the Connecting Europe Express crew from FS for their nice welcoming and efficiency, and I meet some Alpini.
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Day 6 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Milan to Rome
Where I mostly tell you about a dream travel itinerary for everyone in Italy, and easy to do by train. Tested on the Connecting Europe Express.
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Day 5 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Turin to Milan
Where we end the wine itinerary with a blast, I miss a super high tech train, I speak about the importance of train connection for commercial relations, and I present the influencers on the Connecting Europe Express while I try to solve a laundry problem.
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Day 4 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Bordeaux to Turin
Where we went through the perfect wine itinerary, I tell you about the Connecting Europe Express Photo Competition, we talked about important nodes of the rail network in Europe, and we cross the Alps to arrive in Italy.
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Day 3 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Madrid to Bordeaux
Where we had a great night in Madrid, we changed train and boarded a new and bigger Connecting Europe Express, had a citizens dialogue on board, and arrived in Bordeaux.
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Day 2 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Covilhã to Madrid
Where we crossed borders for the first time on the journey, we exchanged a lot of flags with pennants, and welcomed on theConnecting Europe Express a Spanish filming crew from Villalba to Madrid.
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Day 1 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Lisbon to Covilhã
Where we spent the whole day running around Lisbon in between conferences, press events, and ceremonies, and we finally hopped on the Connecting Europe Express.
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