Anyone have any experience of travelling to Europe by train?

[El Kabong]

Bilbo

I've visited Eurodisney and went from Waterloo to Paris on the eurostar, on the way back we had to change and the trains ran well.

I also lived in Germany for 4 years around 10 years ago and the trains in Germany and service is much better than here, can't remember the prices but they are far more reliable from what I remember.

That figures


I've traveled by train in Europe...don't expect an easy trip. It's nice and all but you will be re-routed and there may be strikes as well, so just keep that in mind when you are scheduling this trip

[Gandalf]

Sounds like a much better way to travel than by aircraft. By train you actually get to see something and feel like you've done some travel. I've never travelled country to country by train, but its something I would really like to do. I would like to just up and go and work my way around the world and just swim through the oceans that block my path.

Yep, you should do it, Bilbo. Sounds exciting!!

[JazMerkin]

Done it today mate, the Eurostar is quick & pretty comfortable

[Andre]

We saved heaps of money on the trains once. Things may have changed but in 86 the first class seats pulled out into massive beds we bought an open Eurorail first class ticket for $700 Australian. So we travelled all over from Portugal, barcellona, to Salzburg to Northern to southern Holland with every stop you can imagine and everyhere in between. monarco paris rome pizza florence germany belgium; lots of the time on night trains in first class so we didnt have to worry about being robbed in cattle class and didnt have any hotel fees at all, and we would wake up in a new place all the time.