EuroPocket goes Raildancing 21: Experiences

In this video, Esther and Martha look back on their trip and tell how they experienced Interrail; they give tips, tell what is so fun about Interrail and talk about places to see. Other people speak about their trip they made with Interrail this summer as well.

EuroPocket goes Raildancing 20: Barcelona II

You haven’t seen all yet … in this second video of Barcelona the girls show us some other highlights, including the Barcelona Cathedral, the Gothic district and the Gracia’s festivities.

EuroPocket goes Raildancing 19: Barcelona

After weeks of traveling, Esther and Martha are back in Barcelona, the city where they live. This video shows some of the touristic highlights is this wonderful city, such as Parc Güell and Plaza Real.

This video has English subtitles, but it is also available with French subtitles.

EuroPocket goes Raildancing 18: Folegandros (Greece)

The trip is almost coming to an end now. But before flying back to Barcelona, Esther visits Folegandros, a Greek island. Going there is really a great experience: from guitar songs on the boat to the typical white houses. See it for yourself!

InterRail Passes

The InterRail product has changed since April this year and I noticed that there are still many questions concerning the InterRail passes. I will try to give you a clear view of the new InterRail product.

For InterRail there are two kinds of passes: The InterRail Global Pass and the One Country Pass. With the InterRail Global Pass you can travel through the whole of Europe from 5 days up to 1 month.The costs vary depending on the lenght of validity of the pass. With the Global Pass you can enjoy Europe's diverse rail offerings, ranging from High Speeds trains such as TGV's to the more paced local trains. The Global is useful if you want to travel to more than 1 country in Europe.

If you would like to travel through only one country to explore every corner,  you can choose for the InterRail One Country Pass. With an InterRail One Country Pass you may be entitled to extra benefits in the country you chose. Examples are discounted or free shipping services and reduced admissions in museums.Visit Extra Pass Benefits for an overview of benefits in each country.

Note that The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg are considered to be one country (Benelux). In short these are the elements of the InterRail product.If you'd like more information visit InterRailnet.com

If you have any questions concerning the product InterRail please place your comment under this post.

-Sheena-

Malou's view on Vienna

I've published a post on Vienna before, the girls from Europocket also went here and showed you there experiences on video. Malou is a collegue of mine from InterRailnet.com and she liked to share her expercienes in Vienna with you. So here it goes! If you'd also like to share your stories, just send me an email, sheena@eurail.nl.

Vienna is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, if you ask me. I went there in late summer of 2006. There are lots of 18^th century buildings in the old city centre which give you the feeling you’ve walked into some kind of giant fairy tale.

One of the things most people do when they visit Vienna is taking a ride in one of the horse-drawn carriages (Fiaker).

So that’s what I did, too. I was able to sit next to the ‘driver’. He told me about the horses, that one was constantly snapping at the other one for not moving on and, Jürgen (as the man was called) said: ‘They’re like an old couple fighting, they’ve been pulling the carriages together for years!” After a while I ended up steering. Well, actually the horses steered because they knew their way around Vienna so well that they really didn’t need any guidance.

Anyway, enough ‘horse business’, after all there is so much more to visit in Vienna…

I also visited the palace Schloss Schönbrunn, the palace of the Austrian emperors. You can also opt for a tour through the palace. This tour will lead you through the emperor’s dining hall (sit down and enjoy the ceiling painting, dazzling!) the bedroom and many other rooms. Somehow, in the palace you have the feeling you could bump into the emperor himself because so little has changed. Then there are the palace gardens. As already mentioned on this site, the view from the Pavilion up on the hill opposite the palace itself gives a marvellous view of Vienna itself.

If you’re looking for a perfect spot to have your picnic, visit the Burggarten, near Mariahilf strasse. There is a baker’s nearby at Maria hilf strasse where you can buy your cheap lunch. Just on the corner Burggarten-Goethegasse there is a quiet café where you can enjoy your coffee. But you have to be a lover of classical music, cause that’s what they play there.

 Shopaholics (like myself!!) can spend their money in Maria-hilfstrasse and the area around the Stephen’s cathedral.

-Malou-

Train Stattion Europe continues....

So I showed the trainstations from Brussels, Amsterdam and Berlin. Next is Vienna, Budapest and Bosnia! It's thanks to you interrailers/travellers that we can share the pictures with each other. I think it's nice to see the main stations in other countries, so you have an idea what they look like and where you will end up! If you have pictures yourself from trainstations you want to share, email me! sheena@eurail.nl

Budapest (below) (temp13rec)                   Vienna (Fianna) Pretty in pink ;-)                         Bosnia    

                                                                    (  2613sayyeah)

EuroPocket goes Raildancing 17: Dubrovnik II

The bus to Skopje leaves earlier than expected, so there is only little time to see Dubrovnik. Esther and Martha visit the historical city centre and still have some time for a boat trip and the beach afterwards.

This video is in English. You can also watch the video with Spanish subtitles.

Train Station Europe

(Redvers)  Travelling by trains means that you see a lot of different train station. I thought it was nice to give you a glimpse at what trainstations the girls from Europocket visited. To the left you see Bruxelles Central Station, beneath Amsterdam Central Station. They are renovating Amsterdam Central Station so don't be suprised if you arrive there. It's a bit of a mess and very busy! But from the outside it still looks beautiful!

                                                                                                   (Mindfieldz)                                        

Berlin Central Station (left) (Reidl Romeo)

EuroPocket goes Raildancing 16: Dubrovnik

Today Esther and Martha take the bus to Dubrovnik, located on the Adriatic Sea coast in the extreme south of Croatia. They will stay in Dubrovnik for a few days for some relaxation after almost three weeks of traveling. Tonight the girls discover the night life in this historical town.