For most people, the purpose of taking a train is to get from Point A to Point B. However, when there is a train that navigates through stunning landscapes, the sole reason for riding the rails can simply be for the scenery that passes by the window.… Read the rest
After our laid back two-week stay in Ljubljana, we wanted to travel by train from Ljubljana to Budapest. Even though we’ve been in Europe now for almost five months, our travel by train has been very limited. We purchased our tickets at the Ljubljana Railway Station a few days before we departed and were simultaneously excited and dismayed.… Read the rest
The last three cities we’ve stayed in have been landlocked (Seville, Madrid and Lecce) and it had been far too long since we’ve seen the sea. From Lecce, the Ionian and Adriatic Seas are just a short (and inexpensive) one hour train ride away, so we headed west to the Ionian Sea for a day trip to Gallipoli, Italy.… Read the rest