The epic journey comes to an end. I’m trying not to be too sad about it because the last time I started thinking that way, my train was cancelled!
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Interrail day twenty-four – Brussels to Ghent and back
21 May
I set the alarm wrong and woke up very late, so that I had to scramble to make it to breakfast. It’s a good job I’m only going to Ghent today, and not London!
Continue readingInterrail day twenty-three – Brussels
20 May
This was supposed to be the final day of my trip but, of course, now it is not. Instead I will be attempting to travel home on Sunday, which gives me two extra days in Belgium.
Continue readingInterrail day twenty-two – Salzburg to Brussels
20 May
A day of many changes. Like that children’s circle-game with the fishes (“tide is turning!”), I didn’t know whether I was coming or going.
Continue readingInterrail day twenty-one – Venice(ish) to Salzburg
18 May
Today has already started better than yesterday.
Continue readingInterrail day twenty – Bari to Venice
17 May
After almost three weeks, this is the only day that has been a total pain so far, and threatens to be a pain all day.
Continue readingInterrail day nineteen – Lushnjë to Durrës via Tirana
16 May
It’s easier to get to Tirana than it used to be, now Lushnjë has its wee bus that shuttles from the village of Karbunarë in the south to Plug in the north and back again. Previously you had to either get yourself out to motorway on foot or by taxi, or catch the bus that leaves from Lushnjë train station at 7am 🤢
Continue readingInterrail day eighteen – Lushnjë again
15 May
Another day in a small, quiet town. I hope this isn’t too boring for you. After the excitement of the UK almost winning Eurovision, maybe we need something a little quiet!
Continue readingInterrail day seventeen – Lushnjë
14 May
A slow day, which is just what I need. I had a nice long lie until… half six. But as I’m still functioning on Greek time, that’s like half seven, and therefore a lot later than the last couple of days.
Continue readingInterrail day sixteen – Thessaloniki to Lushnjë
13 May
Today I am going to Albania for the first time since 2019, when I completed a rather enjoyable tour of Albanian wineries. Like in Switzerland, here there’s no free roaming and they don’t use euros. Unlike Switzerland, though, where that left me feeling a bit at sea, in Albania I know what I’m doing.
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