Category Archives: InterRail Spring 2023

36 hours in Salzburg If you dislike music and chocolate, then Salzburg may not be for you. I joke, of course, but despite being steeped in all kinds of history, Austria’s fourth largest city is intrinsically linked with Mozart, whose image adorns many signs and windows here, along with his own brand of confectionary. IContinue reading “No yodelling at the back!”

It’s the morning after the night before, and reports of last night’s protests across France are all over the news. I heard sirens throughout the night, but there’s no sign that anything terrible happened, at least around the station and the hotel. The usually reliable OBB (Austrian Railways) website shows my first train to GenevaContinue reading “An Alpine Adventure”

In recent months, the UK has seen a number of strikes by both public and private workers. Doctors, nurses and yes, railway workers have all withdrawn their labour in a series of industrial disputes. Yet nobody does it quite like the French. And without resorting to cultural stereotypes, it’s a fact that the country enduresContinue reading “Allez les travailleurs”