Tag: dog ticket
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Krakow to Gdansk, via Warsaw
Poland feels so modern and clean after Hungary and Romania. This is true on this spanking clean train. The trains are actually used by many locals. This was my first commuter train in 6 weeks, an early morning intercity. Every seat was booked, you can see Basbie is initially a bit concerned by the squashing…
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Polish public transport, tickets and dogs
There are generally good bus and tram services in Polish towns and cities. Trains run fairly reliably between many of them. Krakow was the main place Railway Dog used local public transport. Tickets are from machines at the main stops and on the more modern buses and trams. These take cash or cards and tickets…
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Sleeping on a seat overnight from Budapest to Krakow
This was one of the times when travelling with a dog too big to put in a case was a problem. There are lovely sleeping cars from Budapest to Prague, Berlin, Krakow and Warsaw. However a pet without a box can’t be booked into them. So I had to book an ordinary seat and a…
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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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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…
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Austria to Slovakia
Baspie the railway dog was again tucked under a table in his Nestbedz. I had a ticket for him from a platform machine, and my Interrail ticket sorted on the app for Graz to Bratislava. The change in Vienna was easy, with boards showing platforms and all on time. Austria seems a land made of…
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Slovenia to Austria for a hike
Getting a taxi for an early train from Maribor sure was pleasant, with Baspie dog getting a few extra zzz in on my ankle. The second time on a train to Vienna but again getting off sooner, this time in Graz. Use the on platform machines to buy dog tickets (with or without human tickets)…