Location

We’re off to the lovely city of Prague!

I’d never travelled across europe before this, so I used it as an opportunity to visit a few more places than stricly neccesary, and spend a few hours at different train stations.

I should apologise for the image quality: This was the final month of my dying old phone.

Outbound Oct 22, 2022

Planned time: 21h 55m

Transfers: 5

Countries: 4 (UK, BE, DE, CZ)

Distance: 1494Km

Most looked forward to train: Köln to Berlin

Chichester

Departure – 11.22
Arrival Barnham – 11.30

Departure Barnham – 11.36
Arrival Victoria – 13.13

Standard trains where I live, electrostar 377, so I didn’t take many photos. Only this image of the final train as I walked past it at London Victoria.

St Pancras

Departure – 15.04
Arrival at Bruxelles – 17.05

I really wish I’d grabbed a picture of all the Tube trains I jumped on, because the Victoria line was very delayed, but I was a little more focused on getting to St.Pancras on time!

Boarding the absolutely gorgeous eurostar e320, I took a slightly blurry image of the other stabled beside us. They served a delicious meal too!

Bruxelles

Departure – 18.25
Arrival at Köln – 20.15

My first time in belgium. Bruxelles Midi was definitely a station. Thalys services were awesome, but someone was sat in my seat before I boarded ):

Köln

Departure – 22.15
Arrival at Berlin – 05.11

This might be my all time favourite station. I loved the hours sat here watching the trains go by while eating dinner. This was also my first experience with night running trains, which was quite the enjoyable time.

Berlin

Departure – 08.00
Arrival at Prague – 12.35

Very enjoyable, wandered across all the levels and took a small walk outside waiting for the trainsfer. Both the train and backup train were canceled however, which was a little stressful when you’re a million metres from home.

Relaxed at Prague with mapo tofu for lunch. I visited this place a few more times to sample the food, it was delicious