Monday, 16 May 2011
I always wondered whether I liked trains. Trains are one of the most efficient way of getting from A to B, providing it was not just me onboard. I am still thinking of the Trans-Siberia, but that is a really long way. I think I will need a warm up session. Hence this trip is going to decide what I will do on my next trip.
Why Budapest? Not sure really, my only knowledge of it is that it is a race track which has low speed, high downforce characteristics track. I think as an European capital I think it would be cheaper than others. Cheaper means I can tour for longer! It is suitably faraway but not too far from home.
Once that was decided, it was a matter deciding the stops on the way back from Budapest.
Night train was a feature that I was keen to include, because sleeping stationary in a hostel or a hotel is not using time travelling which is wasting valuable travelling time. Hence, Night trains will enable us to wake up in new destinations, or even unscheduled destinations should we miss the stop.
The destinations were defined by roughly 7cm away from each cities on the map, although that will depend on the scale of the map that you are using. (about 8-10 hrs of train time)
Guess the city… In a way, the route home was defined by places next to the UK. Some people would say a return flight back to the UK is easier. They are probably right. But the easy way is never my preferred way. Unknown is a lot more interesting that the known.
Adventures of Delboy 