Travelling Around Europe by Train

Die letzte große Reise **This post should be read in conjunction with the summary of the Tatras Train Trip which gives the sordid details - it's at this link ** But why is the title in German? I suppose it's because I was suprised how well my

This is another retrospective post telling of a trip by bus & train along the south coast of England in early Summer of 2024. We went from home to Deal by train, only changing trains at St Pancras and Walmer - a surprisingly easy journey that

Unusually for us we had decided to have a holiday in the height of summer - we generally avoid July & August because of the higher prices and the number of children about. As it happened, this trip worked out extremely well. It was - in effect -

Here’s an account of our very successful train & ferry trip to the South of France in May 2025. This was originally published in a lot more detail at https://mikefromlfe.mataroa.blog/ – this is a condensed summary. Our plan was to head for

I've generally used booking.com for my hotel reservations over the last few years - and I've never had a hitch until this month. I'm aware that there are issues for hoteliers - particularly smaller owners - over the way booking.com works and the

I’m asked occasionally how I go about planning my train trip holidays – and so here is an attempt to describe my process. Be warned – it’s ‘fuzzy’! Of course you don’t have to do all the planning for a non-fly holiday (or trip)

There is currently a lot of enthusiasm for the revitalisation of the Night Train network across Europe. Night Trains fell into decline as High Speed Rail networks expanded and low cost airlines sucked us in - but as the realisation of the costs of