Taking the overnight train
Only recently, I visited Europe, where I stayed briefly in Germany, Italy, and France. I only had a few days in each country, and I figured that one way of saving a bit of time (and money) while traveling between countries was to take the overnight train. After all, I had to pay for somewhere to sleep, anyway, and European accommodation is hideously expensive, so I might as well travel and sleep at the same time. The whole train traveling thing, unfortunately, was a bit more dramatic than I’d expected. I started off by purchasing tickets from Nuremberg to Venice (it would have been 90 Euros cheaper if I’d ordered them the day before, the woman behind the counter helpfully told me). I didn’t pay for a bunk bed, choosing just to sleep siting up instead. Bad idea. These particular carriages don’t lock, meaning that anyone can come strolling in and out as they please. And they did. While most of the people were fine and normal, I had a terrifying incident where a man who was clearly under the influence of drugs staggered into my carriage and started threatening me. Finally, he left, and I was able to make a run for it, but it was one of the most frightening incidents of my life. On the way from Venice to Paris, I chose a carriage with a bunk cabin instead, meaning that I could lock myself in (albeit with five others) with relative safety. While I did meet a few nice people and got to chat with them, I also had a rather amorous Italian train driver take a fancy to me, all of which was a bit unnerving when you’re in a foreign country! I’m not sure I’d recommend traveling by overnight train alone unless you’re a very confident traveler, but it was certainly an adventure!
I have just updated the text on the page for adblue, I know that it might surprise you that I am working on some things for an oil company; but I don’t think they are as environmentally negligent as I once supposed. Plus, I’ve sold out, I need the pay!