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  • Interrail2022
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    Day 1

    Day 1🇬🇷🇮🇹

    July 21, 2022 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    Ξεκινήσαμε λοιπόν! Φορτωθήκαμε σακίδια και πήγαμε αεροδρόμιο. Στο check in όλα κύλησαν ομαλά, όπως και ο έλεγχος στη συνέχεια. Ήμασταν αρκετά νωρίτερα στο αεροδρόμιο όποτε πήραμε ένα καφεδάκι και περιμέναμε να ανοίξει το gate. Η πτήση μας έφευγε 16:45 για Milano, Malpensa. Μπαίνοντας στο αεροπλάνο βέβαια, μας ενημέρωσαν πως θα έχουμε καθυστέρηση (μια ώρα τελικά). Φτάνοντας στο Milano, έπρεπε να ρίξουμε τρεχάλα να βρούμε το τρένο που έφευγε στα επόμενα 15 λεπτά. Ξεκίνησε η τρεχάλα…😂
    Επιβιβαστήκαμε στο τρένο που πήγαινε Milano Centrale. Από εκεί θα παίρναμε άλλο τρένο για Genova. Πάλι καλά είχαμε σαντουιτσακια μαμας (shout out to Stella) και δεν πεινάσαμε. Η διαδρομή ήταν ευχάριστη, η ζέστη αφόρητη (να’ναι καλά το a/c!) και το ξενοδοχείο πολύ κοντά στον σταθμό του τρένου. Όλα βαίνουν καλωωωως!    Read more

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  • Interrail2022
    Day 2

    Day 2✌🏼

    July 22, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C

    Καλημέρα από Genova!!
    Πουρνό - πουρνό πήραμε το τρένο για Camogli, ένα μπανάκι πριν τα κρύα του βορρά είναι απαραίτητο!
    Περίπου 40’ διαδρομή εννοείται μας πήρε ο ύπνος, φτάνοντας όμως ο ήλιος δεν είχε φτάσει ακόμα στην παραλία και υπήρχε μια ωραία δροσερή αύρα. Βάλαμε μαγιώ, βουτήξαμε στη θάλασσα και ευχαριστηθήκαμε την ησυχία του πρωινού (ήταν λίγο βρώμικη, καμία σχέση με ελληνικά νερά, αλλά από το τίποτα..). Η θέα των σπιτιών πάνω στην ακροθαλασσιά ήταν πανέμορφη, ίσως και για αυτό το λόγο να άξιζε περισσότερο αυτή η βουτιά. Ντουζάκι για 0,20€, ρούχα, σακίδια και γεια σας πάλι! Μεγάλη διαδρομή ahead. Στο δρόμο για σταθμό πήραμε και κάτι τοις να φάμε.
    Μπαίνουμε στο τρένο και πορευόμαστε για Genova Brignoli. Εκεί κάνουμε μια στάση κι μια βόλτα σε μερικά μαγαζιά, μέχρι να έρθει η ώρα να επιβιβαστούμε το τρένο για Milano Centrale. Η διαδρομή ήταν κάπως επεισοδιακή. Το a/c του τρένου δεν λειτουργούσε (μιλάμε για θερμοκρασίες τουλάχιστον 35 βαθμών) και επειδή ήταν ένα από τα τρένα που δεν χρειάζεσαι κράτηση ήταν πήχτρα. Ευτυχώς καταφέραμε να κάτσουμε και να αφήσουμε τα σακίδια στον χώρο πάνω από τα καθίσματα, αλλά προχωρώντας στη διαδρομή το τρένο όλο και γέμιζε. Δυστυχώς μέχρι να φτάσουμε Milano υπήρχε πολύς κόσμος όρθιος μέσα στη ζέστη (και τον covid..). Κοιμηθήκαμε βέβαια (όσο γινόταν) όποτε δεν δεινοπαθήσαμε τόσο.
    Φτάνοντας Milano Centrale, είδαμε πως το τρένο που υπολογίζαμε να πάρουμε για λίμνη Como είχε ακυρώσει το δρομολόγιο - που μάλλον έτσι και αλλιώς δεν προλαβαίναμε να πάρουμε. Κάναμε λοιπόν γρήγορες σκέψεις και πήραμε εναλλακτικό δρομολόγιο με δυο αλλαγές. Για να το κάνουμε βέβαια αυτό έπρεπε μέσα σε 4’ να έχουμε φτάσει από την αποβάθρα 19 στην αποβάθρα 1 μέσα σε άπειρο κόσμο..όποτε και η τρεχάλα συνεχίστηκε. Τα καταφέραμε βέβαια, αφού προσπεράσαμε αρκετό κόσμο που περιφερόταν αμέριμνος. Από εκεί έπρεπε να κάνουμε μετά από 3 στάσεις αλλαγή στο Saronno και να περιμένουμε το τρένο για Como.
    Φτάνοντας Como, είχαμε περίπου 1h 15m να δούμε την πόλη. Αποφασίσαμε να πάρουμε το τραμ/τελεφερίκ και να ανέβουμε ψηλά για να απολαύσουμε τη θέα. Πράγματι άξιζε, καθώς είδαμε όλο το Como από ψηλά που ήταν μαγευτικό.
    Επόμενη στάση; Lugano, και επίσημα αλλαγή πρώτης χώρας με τρένο!
    Σύντομη διαδρομή, ομαλή, φτάνουμε στο Lugano, αφήνουμε πράγματα στο hostel και τρέχουμε να φάμε πίτσα από την Mary. Αδιανόητη!
    Μικρή βόλτα στο Lugano και πίσω στο hostel για μπάνιο και ξεκούραση καθώς η αυριανή μέρα συμπληρώνει πολλά χιλιόμετρα….sneak peak στην τελευταία φωτό με τα στατιστικά του ταξιδιού!    Read more

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  • Interrail2022
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    Day 3

    Day 3🇨🇭

    July 23, 2022 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    Woke up in Lugano at 6:00. There was a train leaving for Les Diablerets at 7:00 - for that destination we had to change 4 trains, and it took a total of 6h and 18m.
    The first train was Lugano-Zurich, and I’m mentioning it because it passes through the world’s longest railway tunnel, at 57 kilometres and takes 20 minutes to do so! Our goal today was to get to Glacier 3000 and that’s achievable only by going to Les Diablerets, getting a bus to Col du Pillon and from there the cable car to the top of the mountain. Glacier 3000 is a Swiss company that operates different cable cars in the area, and this particular one is a bridge from two different peaks at 3000 metres above sea level. The “peak walk” as it is called, is the only suspension bridge connecting two peaks!
    The weather today was cloudy and misty but at least not rainy. The altitude made it a bit hard to breathe in the beginning but after walking a few minutes we got used to it. We were the first in our group of cable car on the peak walk so we got a bit of time for ourselves for photos and enjoying the view. In the beginning I was a big scared of the bridge cause I was only looking down (first ever thing NOT to do on a nearly transparent bridge) but then I got used to it. We got to the opposite peak and the view was beautiful. The wind was rather cold though - we were dressed correctly but there were people in shorts and we felt sorry for them 😂.

    Continuing part 2!!    Read more

  • Interrail2022
    Day 3

    Day 3🇨🇭 part 2!

    July 23, 2022 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    After the peak view, we went looking for a coffee and somewhere to have our sandwiches from our beloved COOP!
    Then we decided to descend back to Col du Pillon. Again the view was beautiful going down. After that we had to catch trains with our final stop being Geneva (don’t get mixed up - we were in Genova, Italy, now we’re going to Geneva, Switzerland).
    Before that though, I wanted to make a stop in Montreux to see the Freddy Mercury statue. We only had half an hour between trains so we ran to the statue and then back to the train station! Quick stop but exactly what we wanted. We’ve also started to get used to the rucksacks so it’s not much of a problem for us anymore to carry them around.
    So that was day 3! Progress in our pass statistics!    Read more

  • Interrail2022
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    Day 4

    Day 4🇨🇭

    July 24, 2022 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    Today was a special day!
    We woke up in Geneva and went for a morning coffee. Then we had to catch the train to Zurich. Scenery was lovely - as is the whole of Switzerland - and we enjoyed looking out the window. However we had a crying baby next to us which we felt sorry for (the whole duration of the ride was 2h 40m..). Arriving in Zurich was lovely, we had time to walk around, get a snack from COOP! (You know we love that supermarket), walk on Bahnhoffstrasse (the road with all the expensive shops) and remember the walks we had with Stamos back in 2019! It amazed me how I remembered where everything was and how to move around town. We also took a picture outside of the restaurant Stamos took us for Fondue.
    After our walk, we boarded the train to Sargans. It was time to go find our friends, Martina and Mathias who we had met back in December in Aqaba, Jordan. We were both travelling from Jordan to Athens, when our car rental agency hadn’t arrived to collect the cars the morning of the flight🙄. Eventually, we boarded the plane and when we got to Athens I gave Martina a piece of paper with my name and Phone number on it just in case they needed any help while in Greece!
    And that’s how it all happened. While they were still in Greece we met at Sweet Habit for a coffee and said we’d meet again.
    So now was the day! We were so happy to see them again. Btw, Martina and Mathias had been travelling the world for 10 months and got back to Switzerland in April (I hope I’m not getting this wrong!) so we wanted to hear about their adventure!
    They met us at Mels Post and it felt super nice to see them again. We went to their new house, they showed us around and we also met their new family member - Chewie the cat!
    Then we all got our swimming costumes on and went to the pool to cool down. We taught them the word “χαλαρά” (halara) and it was funny to talk about the differences between our cultures.
    They really looked after us! They prepared raclette, Matthias’s favourite Swiss food (the one he missed the most on their travelling) which is special cheese melted with all sorts of toppings over boiled baby potatoes. It was delicious!
    Then we all sat and chatted which felt very familiar and spontaneous. It’s nice to have foreign friends ❤️
    When it was bed time, Chewie was full of energy so I played with him for a bit to try and tire him out. Not entirely sure that worked, but he was super cute and jumping all over the place.
    Martina and Mathias made us feel just like home - they promised to visit Athens so we’ll be waiting for them 100%!    Read more

  • Interrail2022
    Day 5

    Day 5🇨🇭🇱🇮🇦🇹

    July 25, 2022 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Goodmorning from Mels!
    Today we woke up to a table full of breakfast - again as I said yesterday, Mathias and Martina really really looked after us. When we had all eaten, Mathias had to start work from home, so we said goodbye and Martina, Lampros and I went to the train station to go to Chur. We had to run to the bus stop cause we only had a few minutes before it left but we managed (Martina and Lampros in front - the runners - and me in the back following sweating away😂)
    We arrived at Chur 20 minutes later. Chur is where Martina and Mathias lived before, and it’s where Martina works - I forgot to mention she’s also a teacher!
    We walked around the old town and it was beautiful. I was looking for a patch for my bag from that canton - Martina went everywhere asking for one and we eventually found one in Manor. We also had coffee in her favourite coffee shop, the building was the old post office and it was super calm and pretty in there. We sat and chatted until we had to go to the train station and unfortunately say goodbye (but not for long)!
    I got a bit emotional cause we had such a beautiful time with them both and I’m not good with goodbyes.. but we promised to meet again in Athens.❤️
    Part two soon!    Read more

  • Interrail2022
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    Day 5

    Day 5, part 2!🇨🇭🇱🇮🇦🇹

    July 25, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

    So after saying our goodbyes, we boarded the train and went to Liechtenstein, Vaduz. Super hot day so not the best for walking around, but we enjoyed the small town of Vaduz and walked along the bridge that connects Liechtenstein with Switzerland. In two countries at the same time!
    We had some time to spare so we sat in a coffee shop for a little while. Lampros wanted something to snack on and I remembered I had a chocolate in my rucksack..when I went to open it the chocolate had all completely melted all over my stuff!
    It was so funny. Thankfully everything could be wiped down and I didn’t get any clothes dirty, but my rucksack now smells like chocolate😂. For some reason Liechtenstein doesn’t show up on the rail app as an extra country, but we’ll be using the flag whatsoever.
    We bought a couple of snacks from COOP and then boarded our next train to Austria!
    Our final destination for tonight was Innsbruck, Austria, a small traditional town in the Austrian mountains. Very pretty, and very rainy! As we arrived we changed in boots and rain coats and tried to find somewhere to eat a schnitzel. We eventually found a shop that served, but it was closing down in under 20 minutes, so we eat quickly and then headed for our Hostel which was a bit of a walk out of town - but in the end totally worth it. Beautiful hostel and very nice staff.
    More tomorrow! Goodnight from Innsbruck!    Read more

  • Interrail2022
    Day 6

    Day 6🇦🇹

    July 26, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Hello from my bunk bed in Vienna!
    Today was the first day we didn’t get sweaty and hot!
    We woke up in Innsbruck, rainy and cloudy. Got our rucksacks all tidied up and headed to breakfast. The hostel we where staying in was called Marmota hostel, beautiful interiors and so so nice staff. We weren’t in a dorm, we had a room to ourselves but the funny thing was that, although we had a private bathroom it wasn’t in the room but outside in the corridor. It didn’t bother us but it was funny to have to go out of the room to get there. Breakfast was amazing - and I’m not a person who eats a lot for breakfast!
    After that, we collected our things and went to the bus stop to wait for the tram for the main train station. On our way out we met a cute little dog who sat for us to pet him. When at the train station, we left our big rucksacks in a locker for 3.5€, and walked along Innsbruck. We climbed a tower in the centre of the town and the view was beautiful. Also bought another patch for my bag. Photos for this part, part 2 next!    Read more

  • Interrail2022
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    Day 6

    Day 6 part 2!🇦🇹

    July 26, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    So on our way to Vienna, we changed our plans and thought we’d make a stop in Salzburg. There we walked in a beautiful park with lots and lots of beautiful blooming flowers, passed the house that Mozart was born in, walked a little bridge called Mozartsteg and visited the Mozartplaz😂 as you can imagine there were Mozart memorabilia everywhere.
    Then we boarded the next train, with finally our destination for the night - Vienna. I’ve been wanting to visit Vienna so much, especially for the fact that Gustav Klimt is from here and my favorite painting is “the Kiss”. I can’t wait to visit it tomorrow and admire it from up close. We found our Hostel for the night, left our rucksacks and went out to have a look around and find something to eat. We walked to Stefansplatz with the big church, then up the road with all the expensive boutiques and the opera house. Our walk ended at the Rathaus, the municipal building, where there was - to our surprise - a film festival going on, with shops with food from all over the world and a big TV screen with a classical music concert going on. It was so pretty and magical. We sat for a bit and enjoyed the concert but couldn’t stop laughing at the Maestro’s funny gestures😂. I know I shouldn’t but it’s just so funny for someone who doesn’t understand what he’s doing. Then we decided to eat at the festivals food booths, so we had two Chinese dishes and two Austrian beers. That was fantastic to end the night with the best tone. We had to take a tram back to our hostel cause we where too full to walk but it ended up well in the end. Showered like every night, put clean clothes on and fell asleep. See you in the morning!    Read more

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    Day 7

    Day 7🇦🇹🇨🇿

    July 27, 2022 in Czech Republic ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Day 7!
    We woke up in Vienna and went to the train station to leave our rucksacks. Our first stop was the Belvedere palace, where the national gallery is and Gustav Klimt’s “the kiss” that I really really wanted to see! It’s my favourite painting so I was excited to see it up close. We got there, walked around the garden of the palace, got our tickets for the upper Belvedere and walked around to see the paintings.
    They were all beautiful, there was also a Van Gogh one too and the Klimt exhibition was spectacular. I loved all the colours and especially “the kiss”. ❤️
    After that we went to the gift shop and I got a bag with the famous painting on it. We left the gallery and went looking around the shops. When we went to leave one of the shops, it was poring with rain and we had to buy an umbrella cause we didn’t have anything suitable with us😬.
    We walked around Vienna for a bit longer. We also went to the Fenster cafe to have a “fensterchinno”, it’s a cappuccino in an ice cream cone! Very different, and the coffee was delicious. We then headed to a lovely park in the city to walk a bit around, and visited a big shopping centre.
    The time was passing and we had to board our train to Prague Czech Republic. The duration was 4h 30m. When we got there we had 10 minutes to check in the hostel, so Lampros ran in-front and left me a little bit behind. When we got to the hostel there was a problem with our reservation - the guy there didn’t have our reservation and couldn’t check us in, even though we had paid for it and had an email for confirmation. The situation wasn’t like what we had booked, so we decided to leave, go somewhere else and ask for our money back through booking.com. We were tired and it was late so found another hotel, showered and slept! Another day tomorrow in Prague🇨🇿    Read more

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