Good morning from the European Sleeper just south of Munich. Slept well. Breakfast is served! Still undecided over whether that lightweight sleeping bag was really necessary, it was a test!
So the European Sleeper has had to terminate at Innsbruck, with a swish onward Austrian railjet providing our connection to Italy. But it’s a sunny day, beautiful mountains and everyone is chilled.
Changed at Verona. I’m cheating a bit, I wanted to try the former Fyra trains (the ones that failed spectacularly between Amsterdam & Brussels some years ago) so have booked myself on this Frecciarossa 700 to Venice.
Took that train last month. 40 min late both ways. Full and uncomfortable. Does not go all the way to Santa Lucia. Looks like the crossing of the Alps is the weak link...
Hi! I’m really enjoying this journey and I’d encourage you to add alt text to your images so that followers with reduced vision and others can enjoy these posts even better. Thank you!
Always found that a sleeping bag liner is the perfect balance between an extra layer of warmth and something ikkle that you can chuck in your bag and forget about if you don’t need it.
Used ours loads whilst backpacking and doing trains through Europe, Asia & Oz
When I was doing sleeper trains I even took a Tempur-type topper mattress with me, but it just confirmed I can't sleep on trains (or planes). I switched back to day trains only.
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In Mestre you have all the important connections anyway.
Used ours loads whilst backpacking and doing trains through Europe, Asia & Oz
(The article is in Dutch but tl;dr: Due to unkown reasons, the Itallian railway operator decided yesterday that the train is not allowed in Italy)
https://www.treinreiziger.nl/eerste-nachttrein-van-european-sleeper-naar-venetie-eindigt-in-innsbruck/
(Aside: that sounds like a great Austin Powers super villain threat)