AOn Wednesday evening at 6.45 pm, the Good Night Train was dropped out of the platform 3 at Brussels Z station. Due to the misconduct on the tracks, it left for 40 minutes, but the train soon lifted the pace, the golden light of the Belgian capital was passing through the vehicles where the groups were settling young children and solo. The passengers were standing on the open windows. Changing the names and stories between the noise and confusion on the board. From Brussels to Venice, the opening was the European sleeper service … the train was not going to Venice.
Two days ago, passengers received an email stating that the train was running only to Verona, and that the regular Transitia service would take us to Venice. Then, on the evening of departure, we found that due to the uncontrollable Italian bureaucracy, the train would not enter Italy at all, but would end in Innsiberk, in which two contacts would reach Varna and then to Venice.
The last three years traveling on European sleep trains, nighttime travel. Witnessing the second, I was baseless. For me, the destination is a bonus, the reason for buying my ticket to travel. Strikes, engineering works and red tapes are part of the reason that Europe’s railway restoration is meeting resistance.
Chris Engels and Elmer Van Bourne, who operates good night trains, the founders of the European sleeper, are all familiar with these issues, but it seems that they are doing their best in the situation – though communication can improve.
They are funding to rent more vehicles and improve internal parts of widely refined German vehicles since the 1950s. They know that the lights and the heating temperaments are, the quarters have been subjected to injury and injury, but their purpose is to live night trains at a worthy price for everyone from students to big families , And I salute their drive and passion.
On the board I talked to Angelesman, who explained that Brussels Venice’s route was introduced as a winter service, which will depart from December to mid -March, with this opening trip as such a test run. Is
As long as we arrived in Venice, I was not bothered about how many trains he had taken, nor nor anyone else, most of whom pulled a bottle of wine and when asked, pulled a bottle of wine. While squeezing the passers -by in the direction of the dining car, I peeked into the parts of the five people where the mini -house parties were fully swinging, the friend was breaking the open cans of the geopiller beer, the sweet smell of Aberico Ham And cheese vifting door
I chatted with Sophie and Orlen, his four -year -old son, Rudolph, traveled to Innsbark. For the first time, in hopes of snowing it, they searched for a destination that will not include flying, climate change. Four people, attracted to a $ 200 fare for private quarters, were traveling on a sleeper train for the first time. Rudolph was happy to find a place to spread his colorful pen and books.
When I first traveled on a Good Night Train in May 2023-the opening route from Brussels to Berlin-there was no food car, only a harasser was wandering around in the service of Nachos and Quick noodles – So it is a pleasure to receive an email that contains a two or three -course dinner (€ 29 or € 35).
I opened the email in seconds of his arrival and managed to secure a place on one of the four shared tables, but failed to eat food for my partner because only with a maximum of 16 core for the whole evening There was only one sitting. Fortunately, we realized in advance that he would not have dinner on the board, so he frying Oberjeen and Ppian de chocola In Kantina Validna, in a restaurant of Peru Hokson Hotel in Brussels.
The Hookston Group has become increasingly my departure hotel, while traveling on sleep trains, due to a policy of allowing guests to check in at any time of the day, is the best of arrival. As part of its climate -friendly steps, this group also offers good rate for guests traveling between hotels by train, which has given £ 20 or € 20 for each end. It goes, which is enough to eat enough before going on a train trip.
In the Good Night Train, above a starter in beef Golish, then after the chicken salmon and rice again, I talked to other passengers. Although some just reservation of slots reservations were just worried about getting a link to reserve meals to find slots, others packing food or buying toasted sandwich and drinking alcohol in the car and standing around But they were pleased, the windows are soon stepping from the heat of the pack. In the bodies
Like a passenger of Finnish, Joni, mostly had a train booked to travel by train, in curiosity about the service and wanted to support the European sleeper move, attracted to old cars, which they were young. I reminded of interference.
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By midnight, the parties were killed and the train was shaking, curtains were pulled in the dark parts. As climbing my berth, I pressed into the air plugs-it must board this old clash train-and made a solid attempt to sleep. I came to the scene at 8 am, with a blurry -eyed but happy to see the food car busy, the stories of the enemies of the last night were shared on laughter and strong coffee.
An hour before arriving at Anasbrak, sunlight was flooded by windows when trains were turned around the Sarai River, Elmawar Halt Peak rose from the Caesar Mountain range.
In Anas Broke, we were riding soon BBBB Relgette Verona’s service, which is injured by the Branar Pass.
From Verona, it was a rapid change toward Venus’s last leg and, as soon as the water of the ligaan was visible, the old city of sunset, I was happy and success that we have made it yet. – When we got out of the station, I realized that we were just two hours behind the schedule – no worries. The 10 -minute walk brought us to the contemporary Awani Rio Novo Hotel in Dorsodoro, a comfortable shop with beautiful sights across the sinking roofs.
On the recommendation of a friend, we walk for Santa Cros for 15 minutes and for her La ZukaA family -driven Austria, which has been going on since 1980. It serves a menu that changes daily with spice sheep and radico -lasgon to fried chakori and street carrots in the mole daily with everything.
Here, we hit fellow passengers from the train, changed stories of railway achievements on chocolate mousse and hoped that a European sleeper could cut through red tape before his next departure.
One -way tickets start from Brussels to Venus at all € 89 Standards from a seat 9 179PP to six people. There are two services a week in February and March. See European Sleeper Dot EU for details. On doubles Hackston Start at all 5 165. Doubles in Owani Rio Novo Start at all € 190 B&B
