The return trip from Ronda to Granada marked the start of the final stretch of my long trip, from that moment every step would get me closer to home. After spending the morning resting in the hostel, I took the train to Zaragoza, where I arrived after a trip that took more than five hours…
The following day I explored Córdoba. First, I passed by the Church of San Nicolás de la Villa and the Roman Mausoleum, before going toward the heart of the old town. I entered the area from Puerta de Almodóvar and I passed in front of the ancient Synagogue to reach the city’s Alcázar. Unfortunately, both…
To enter Spain from Bordeaux I had to take a train to the border seaside town of Hendaye, where I arrived after an almost three-hour-long ride. From there, there are no direct connections between French and Spanish railways, since the Iberian countries use a different track gauge than the rest of Europe, so I had…
Like Clermont-Ferrand, Carcassonne was another one of the cities I never failed to include in my Interrail plans, and I was obsessed with it ever since a planned middle school trip to this place got turned into a visit to Avignon and Nîmes. Don’t get me wrong, both those cities were absolutely wonderful and I’m…
Leaving Berlin so soon was a bit sad, but I was also excited for the start of the next phase of my trip, one that would bring me across Western Europe all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. The journey to Lyon took almost twelve hours, and I had to change trains in Frankfurt, where…
The journey from Budapest to Prague lasted eight hours with a train change in Vienna. The hostel I booked was in a perfect position on the large and central Wenceslas Square, but my bed was the top one of a shaky triple bunk bed that did not feel safe at all. Anyway, after putting down…
Budapest is a huge city and one of the places I was looking forward to visit the most. Already at the first stop of my tour of the city, I was able to enjoy its unique beauty from a panoramic spot along the Danube with a perfect view of the magnificent building of the Hungarian…
The next destination of my journey was Warsaw. There are trains that run between Vilnius and the Polish capital, but only on Saturday and Sunday, and I had to travel on a Friday, so instead I took a bus, as this time too I could use a discount thanks to the Interrail pass. The trip…
The two-and-a-half-hour journey between Helsinki and Tallinn was in the evening and it was too dark to enjoy the scenery, I arrived in Estonia after 11 p.m.. The central position of the hostel in Tallinn might have been the only good thing about it, as it was crowded, with no lockers, and even lacking a…
I left Copenhagen and, after changing trains in Gothenburg, I arrived in Oslo at around 6 p.m.. During the trip, I had some great views on the Nordic countryside and coast, with many beautiful mountains and forests. My hostel in Oslo was the one I paid the most for per night, even though it was…