Night Trains

Last time I was here we did not make reservations to sleep on a train when travelling between cities at night. We ended up sleeping in couchettes. These are 5' x 7' compartments have a door for privacy (no curtains though) and two three seat couches facing one another whose seats will fold out and make a kind of bed. Not too comfortable, but a great way to go on the cheap.

This time I made reservations on four night trains. Two of the three we've been on so far have been first class (at least I think they have, Jen disagrees about the first one). Things are cosy, no tight is probably a better word for us tall people. We had a private room, a door we could lock, two bunks, and a wash stand (not drinkable water, but a sealed cup of water was provided for brushing teeth). The conductor would come by to get our reservations and tickets very shortly after the train left the station. We've had to surrender our passports, Eurrail pass, and our reservation ticket to the conductor for the duration of the trip. It was hard to let those valuable and important documents go the first time, but we haven't had an issue getting all of them back yet.

Here are some pictures of two of our 'rooms' we've had so far.

These two are of our train from Frankfurt to Vienna.


This one is of our train from Munich to Rome.