Category: travel tips
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Interrailing phone dependence: coping with phone loss, theft and breakdown
Phone dependence while traveling is a recent yet pervasive phenomenon. Here I talk about when my phone died and when someone had their phone stolen while Interrailing, as well as basic phone requirements. Interrailing on an open start date ticket is only possible with a phone app, Rail Planner. It’s a well thought out app…
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The intrepid Railway Dog goes to Romania, with some learning along the way
Budapest Kelati train station has a small number of long distance trains to Romania daily, to several main cities, particularly Timisoara, Arad and Cluj Napoca. Some go on as far as Bucharest. Several are sleepers (some described by the man at seat 61, as well as one from Cluj Napoca to Budapest not mentioned there).…
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Drop scones and pancakes
Easy travel food, especially as you will often find flour and sometimes oil left behind by previous guests in a hostel or apartment kitchen with a hob. Even better if there is cinnamon and/or ginger. You can even take them on a hike to eat cold (ginger/fruit ones work especially well for this). Mix (the…
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Budapest underwhelms dog and human
For a dog, the Pest side of the river Danube has few parks, dirty pavements, and many oblivious legs. (When we returned a week later we discovered Buda is much nicer for dogs, full of greenery, paths and parks). The human found many things to look at, but the experience on the street is mostly…