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One of my best experiences was definitely the Glacier Express train, from Zermatt to St. Moritz. If you can only breeze through Switzerland I would highly highly recommend taking this one trip. Regular train rides through Switzerland ...
It started out as a perfectly normal train trip..starting at 9am.. Then the mountains and the snow! Alice jumped out of the train at one of the stops and touched the snow..it was cold and wet. But.
The next morning, on November 1, I started using my Eurail pass, which was to prove a wonderful way to travel around Europe. Once the train fare is paid for, you just hop aboard any train, and move. Although some train require a ...
Park Sanssouci houses numerous castles, grottos, temples and extensive parklands and all are within an easy train ride from central Berlin. The most famous is Berlin’s own miniature Versailles, the rococco-style Schloss Sanssouci which ...
If I can be cheeky, I’ll pimp my own sites: the Indie Travel Podcast is focussed on independent travel and, since we’ve spent so long in Europe, it’s got lots of great advice. Eurail Stories is all about the Eurail train pass and ...
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Spring Train Travel in Europe Gets Cheaper. Sunday November 16, 2008. Ok, it's a bad economy worldwide. You'd expect some loosening of prices, no? Well, if you're planning an extensive rail vacation before the summer crunch, ...