Railing thru Europe: Stop 19.1 Greece – Athens

As we edge on towards the country that filled our minds with myth and legends since we were young, we couldn’t help but feel invigorated, regardless of how drained and fatigued we were from the consecutive travelling the past 2 months. This is GREECE! I must admit, this is definitely one of the major highlights of our trip! Mythical entities like Zeus, Athena, Poseidon have... Read More

Railing thru Europe: Stop 18.1 Bulgaria – Sofia

After a rather ‘shell shocked’ experience in Romania, our overnight train ride takes us to Sofia, the largest and most populated city in Bulgaria. As our rail passes were due to expire soon, we decided to make Sofia a day trip as we were arriving quite early in the day and there would be some time for us to sight-see before we take the night train into Thessaloniki,... Read More

Railing thru Europe: Stop 17.2 Romania – Brasov

On our 4 hrs train ride to Brasov from Bucharest, we passed by Sinaia, where the beautiful Peles Castle is situated (We had wanted to stop by on our way back to Bucharest but never made it due to their unreliably slow train service). When we arrived at the bus station just outside Brasov train station, we were met with confusion as we were looking for the bus to take us to Bran... Read More