Don't fail for the train connection between Weener (Germany) and Groningen (NL). For a part of the connection you will need to take a bus because a ship destroyed the bridge Friesenbrücke in 2015 and thanks that we are part of Germany it will take until 2024 before the finish to build a new bridge there.
Part of my family in the NL is stil pissed how slow our bureaucracy is on this side for infrastructure, aka 9 years for a bridge, 10 years for 10km autobahn etc....
Have fun, my Interrail break was one of the highlights of my life which I hope to be able to repeat one day.
We were super poor at the time and did it on hard mode e.g. we camped and walked from the station to the campsite. We completely ran out of money at the end and couldn't afford a campsite so we caught a sleeper train from Paris to Brest in northern France so we wouldn't have sleep on the street. Great times.
When I turned 18 a couple friends and I bought Interrail passes and had a great time, seeing a lot of Europe on the cheap. We spent many nights on the train (and some unfortunate ones in train stations after missing a connection) and bought most of our food at local supermarkets, eating frequent picnics in parks and on beaches.
Then, a few years ago, I was actually paid to go on an Interrail journey and document my experiences, which sounded like a dream come true. But it turned out that many of the countries with the most Interrail traffic have introduced mandatory reservation fees that mean you end up spending quite a bit to travel between major cities. There were several legs of our journey we ended up flying, because it was considerably cheaper than taking the train - despite already having a pass worth over €1000.
I still understand the allure and romanticism of languidly moving from one picturesque town to the next, but I think at the very least you should do some research whether Interrail nowadays is right for you if you're expecting a low-cost journey.
x0y1 on September 9th, 2019 at 09:15 UTC »
Don't fail for the train connection between Weener (Germany) and Groningen (NL). For a part of the connection you will need to take a bus because a ship destroyed the bridge Friesenbrücke in 2015 and thanks that we are part of Germany it will take until 2024 before the finish to build a new bridge there.
Part of my family in the NL is stil pissed how slow our bureaucracy is on this side for infrastructure, aka 9 years for a bridge, 10 years for 10km autobahn etc....
SpikySheep on September 9th, 2019 at 09:27 UTC »
Have fun, my Interrail break was one of the highlights of my life which I hope to be able to repeat one day.
We were super poor at the time and did it on hard mode e.g. we camped and walked from the station to the campsite. We completely ran out of money at the end and couldn't afford a campsite so we caught a sleeper train from Paris to Brest in northern France so we wouldn't have sleep on the street. Great times.
FionHS on September 9th, 2019 at 09:37 UTC »
When I turned 18 a couple friends and I bought Interrail passes and had a great time, seeing a lot of Europe on the cheap. We spent many nights on the train (and some unfortunate ones in train stations after missing a connection) and bought most of our food at local supermarkets, eating frequent picnics in parks and on beaches.
Then, a few years ago, I was actually paid to go on an Interrail journey and document my experiences, which sounded like a dream come true. But it turned out that many of the countries with the most Interrail traffic have introduced mandatory reservation fees that mean you end up spending quite a bit to travel between major cities. There were several legs of our journey we ended up flying, because it was considerably cheaper than taking the train - despite already having a pass worth over €1000.
I still understand the allure and romanticism of languidly moving from one picturesque town to the next, but I think at the very least you should do some research whether Interrail nowadays is right for you if you're expecting a low-cost journey.