So the holiday ends.
boo hoo to me.
A little cool at times in the Alps😵💫
But mostly clear and hardly any rain.
Now to the info:-
Over 200 trains, 81 new stations in 9 countries and over 6,000 miles travelled.
#TrainsNotPlanes
#TransOnTrains
ps
I need to rest
We haven't flown as a family by choice since before covid. Off on a European tour in the summer by eurostar and sleeper trains. The process is part of the pleasure. #TrainsNotPlanes
A lonely pastry in a basket.
This week's Apprentice task is to sell the last pain aux raisins at Eurostar Café.
#TrainsNotPlanes
#highspeedrail
A eurostar train at a platform with a destination display showing London.
Blue hour at Paris Nord before departure of the first train of the day to the island.
#TrainsNotPlanes
Dawn on the street in front of Paris Gare du Nord.
An e320 train and red signals at dawn.
First light and first train to London.
#TrainsNotPlanes
First time coming back to London from Lille and the passport control was a breeze 🛂
I had to give my paw print 🐾 and had my eyes scanned. 👀
The waiting area is quite spacious and pleasant, before long headed down to the platform to board the train back to London #Trainsnotplanes 🚄🛤️
Time for a mini Europe adventure & I'm off to a new destination on the #Eurostar where I've not been before... Lille! 🇫🇷 #Trainsnotplanes 🚄🛤️
A cavalier Peruvian finger puppet demonstrates far too much early-morning excitement in front of a train window on which is written "Siège avec vue".
This is silly o'clock. Anyway. I have an #Aeropress ☕ and a madeleine, so all is good. 👍 Choo-fuckity-choo! 🚄 #TGV #Bordeaux #Lille #siegeavecvue #TrainsNotPlanes
A view of the ceiling by Rubens in the Banqueting House on Whitehall in London
Fabulous visit to the grand reopening of the Banqueting House Saturday just gone. Only now having time to post a picture due to there being so much to do in London. Obviously I came by train as well #trainsnotplanes !
TGV train at Paris Gare de Lyon
1990s TGV interior.
Coffee and a view from the window
Time to head south on the 10:42 TGV from Gare de Lyon. Coffee in the bar on the top deck as we sped through Burgundy, looking at the map and seeing names like Chablis, Époisses, and Mercurey...
🍷 🧀 🇫🇷
#TrainsNotPlanes
Berlin, Dresden and Prague in a eurostar arrival announcement. We don't just take you to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam, we plug you into a much bigger network of travel possibilities including @europeansleeper.eu.
#TrainsNotPlanes
Announcement by @tmblakeeurostar.bsky.social
Eurostar train 9126 to Amsterdam
Amsterdam bound with the teenager for half term fun #trainsnotplanes
Booking European train odyssey, I have learnt:
- *no one* wants my money for Budapest-Stuttgart sleeper. Why?
- DB app cheaper for TGV than SNCF.
- Vienna-Split sleeper *is* running
#TrainsNotPlanes but with patience. @seatsixtyone.bsky.social @andybtravels.bsky.social @politicanimal.bsky.social
There's something in the air with sleeper trains. First this bad news of no Vienna-Split (*big* part of summer plans) then 4 failed attempts (DB,OeBB,TL) to pay for Budapest-Stuttgart. Are you hearing anything about that route also, Mark? @seatsixtyone.bsky.social #TrainsNotPlanes
An image of a Peruvian finger puppet next to a glass of cava on a train, overlaid with the following text: Night trains, olives, and Aperol: How I reached Córdoba without flying 36 hours, 9 trains, 1 magnificent mosque, and many olives later.
I wrote an experimental #Substack #travel post, but this links to the @write.as version.
write.as/siegeavecvue...
#Interrail #TrainsNotPlanes #Córdoba #Mezquita
An image of a Peruvian finger puppet next to a glass of cava on a train, overlaid with the following text: Night trains, olives, and Aperol: How I reached Córdoba without flying 36 hours, 9 trains, 1 magnificent mosque, and many olives later.
I wrote an experimental #Substack #travel post, but as I understand some people are agin that platform here, this links to the @blog version.
write.as/siegeavecvue/night-train...
#Interrail #TrainsNotPlanes #Córdoba #Mezquita
Two views of the River Medway with moored boats. In the second one, the sun is setting.
The way there and the way back: A morning and a late afternoon view of the River Medway from the train.
#TrainsNotPlanes
#TrainWindowView
This will open up some great journey possibilities...
#TrainsNotPlanes
Here's the long-threatened "doing the sums" post from my recent #Interrail adventure.
I apologise if it inadvertently contains useful #travel advice.
www.siegeavecvue.eu/winterrail-d...
#TrainsNotPlanes
Here's the long-threatened "doing the sums" post from my recent #Interrail adventure.
I apologise if it inadvertently contains useful #travel advice.
https://www.siegeavecvue.eu/winterrail-doing-the-sums/
#TrainsNotPlanes
You lucky people! How I wet myself on a train and failed better, one train at a time, for my first choochoo adventure of 2026.
www.siegeavecvue.eu/grazing-home-from-christ...
#Travel #Travelogue #TrainsNotPlanes #Interrail
I still managed to cover a lot of ground on my 5 day #Interrail Swissmas adventure & this trip was a milestone as I have now travelled on 5️⃣0️⃣ #Eurostar trains to & from London #Trainsnotplanes 🎉🚄🛤️🇪🇺 #CrossChannelRail #CrossBorderRail
Hmmm, London-Milan by eurostar to Brussels and then European Sleeper from June next year. ⬇️
#TrainsNotPlanes
David Feng did Trains in the US this past summer. The rest, I guess, is history? 😂🤣 #TrainsNotPlanes
This is the post you wish you hadn’t waited for: 4-day #Interrail, 3 #travel days, 1 wounded spreadsheet, 1 #NightTrain bunk untouched, all Pantone Fanny-Magnet Red dreams dashed: www.siegeavecvue.eu/impromptu-fo...
#Eurostar #TravelChaos #Avanti #TransportForWales #SNCF #TrainsNotPlanes
This is the post you wish you hadn’t waited for: 4-day #Interrail, 3 #travel days, 1 wounded spreadsheet, 1 #NightTrain bunk untouched, all Pantone Fanny-Magnet Red dreams dashed: www.siegeavecvue.eu/impromptu-four-day-tour-...
#Eurostar #TravelChaos #Avanti #TransportForWales #SNCF […]
