@rhelune

In #Europe, I always travel by #train. In the past, that has involved e.g. two #nighttrains (with beds) per direction and a total travel time of ≈ 50 hours each way.

I vote "50 hours"!

However, I also travelled to America and Asia. To America there is no train. To Asia it's very complicated and expensive. Travelling by container ship is even more expensive and takes weeks. To both destinations, I took the plane

@acb Even as a definitely not very agile, and sightly overweight, 64-year old I managed to use a such just fine last year, Hamburg–Wien. Would definitely do it again, when travelling solo, if available on a route suiting my itinerary.

(I doubt my wife would want to, though, she would probably find it claustrophobic.)

And that's a wrap! Delay of exactly 10 minutes in the end, so just above 15 hours. #NightTrain #CrossBorderRail

Welcome to Croatia! Zagreb should be just behind that hill. #CrossBorderRail #NightTrain

My last night train pro tip is that the top bed has overflow space above the corridor, recommended for tall people (don't hit your head though). Downside: the staff guy complained that I left one drop of water on the lower bed after using the sink. He must not see that I'm using a seat in day mode after carefully stowing the bed sheets.

And there was a proper breakfast with a warm drink on top of the snacks after all. #NightTrain

Picture of the breakfast as we're presumably waiting to cross Liechtenstein in the Buchs freight depot.

Speaking of, another pro tip is to bring your own food in night trains, as breakfast quality is quite variable & there's generally no restaurant car.

My usual kit to improve the night train experience: headlamp, ear plugs & inflatable pillow. Might not be needed tonight as I'm alone, but you never know about the pillow quality and air ventilation can be quite loud.

Pro tip: the lower bed is usually the loudest in terms of air conditioning. But today there is a big blue light on the control panel next to the upper bed in night mode. Might add a sleeping mask to the kit next time!

Success! I look like a human!

I hope my bike is still waiting at the station when I get there.

At that point, I’ll have done about 2000km round trip, pretty much climate neutral (not counting a couple of local rail replacement buses).

Good morning from Munich! I’m having breakfast as we’re rolling into the main station.

Didn’t sleep too well unfortunately, but it’ll do. Have a wonderful day, everyone!

- night train boarded. And we’re off.

It’s kind of full, and they had the cars numbered wrong. But it’s all sorted now.

People are settling into their bunks. It’s still early, so there’s a lot of chatter going on. They’ll quiet down later.

Plan for tonight:

- eat dim sum in #hamburg
- catch S-Bahn to Harburg
- board night train to Munich
- zzzz