On the way back I again took a regional train from Milano to Verona, then #RJ86 to #Innsbruck, #RJX869 to #Wien, #EC341 to #Budapest (I narrowly missed #EC40347 shortly before). After a night in Budapest, #EC272 to Breclav and #EC100 to Ostrava (a tight connection, which worked because they were both delayed 7 min). Next morning, #EC108 to Warsaw (no seat reservation required despite what the interrail app says; this train was fully booked and corridors were also packed after Katowice).
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After the ferry to #Tallinn and my usual cafe, I had a comfortable #LuxExpress overnight bus to #Warsaw. The bus arrived early to the central station, so I hopped on an earlier train to Prague a minute before it left (#EC116 instead of #EC131). No surprises from an 8h direct train. Wifi didn't work but a fellow traveler supplied a hotspot so I could get a valid ticket on the interrail app. (Having to be constantly online to get and show a valid ticket is my least favourite part of interrail.)
EC116 dining car in Prague central station
CD locomotive of the EC116 in Prague central station
View out of EC116 in Bohumin train station on the other side of the border
View out of EC116 in Chałupki near the Polish-Czech border
Chatting in the dining car, I got two know two young men who were going to watch Eurobasket. Thanks to Wikimania 2010 and 2024, I knew their hometown Gdansk and I could even recommend a good restaurant in #Katowice.
One of them was a national champion in fencing! (I duly took a picture for Wikimedia Commons.)
I never heard of #Eurobasket before, but for the rest of the month I kept seeing news about it (usually I'm just blind to sports news, I guess).
This was a very satisfactory train trip.
Shoutout to my favourite #OsmAnd feature at the end of a long day in a new city: the option to display tram routes prominently on the map. When I've had enough walking, I just pick the longest and most circular-looking tram routes and ride the trams in circles until I've seen enough or I feel inspired to hop off and visit some random spot near the tracks. Usually, tram tracks are where they are for a good reason.
The next step was Prague-Milano via Munich and #Verona: departure at 7:35, expected arrival around 21. #EC360 accumulated some delay in Germany so I missed #RJ87 and took #RJ89 instead. I got to Verona on time for regional train #RE2648 and got to Milano just before midnight.
Öbb staff sells the Italian supplement for interrail onboard at 10 €, while it costs 20 € from Trenitalia.
The views around Brennero are great. I didn't like the new Railjet class trains, their design is incomprehensible.
Not fancy but reliable regional train from Verona, seen in Milano centrale. A relief!
New railjet leaving from Munich
Arrival in Munich (I think)
EC360 leaving from Prague
On the way back I again took a regional train from Milano to Verona, then #RJ86 to #Innsbruck, #RJX869 to #Wien, #EC341 to #Budapest (I narrowly missed #EC40347 shortly before). After a night in Budapest, #EC272 to Breclav and #EC100 to Ostrava (a tight connection, which worked because they were both delayed 7 min). Next morning, #EC108 to Warsaw (no seat reservation required despite what the interrail app says; this train was fully booked and corridors were also packed after Katowice).
Looking at #Warsaw from 200 meters high feels a lot like playing Sim City 3000, in that I get to wonder about not just some but dozens of buses and trams in apparent traffic jams.
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