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Counting the time with delay, I spent 43,5 hours on board of buses and trains. Is this long? Yes. But most of these hours were productive hours. I managed to prepare both presentations on the board and did a lot of other work. Apart from issues with bordering, it was an amazing and fun travel experience.
Would I do it again? Yes, absolutely. I will do it as soon as I have an opportunity.
Stay tuned for the other #GreenAcadeMiles #GreenMSCA adventure.
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Counting the time with delay, I spent 43,5 hours on board of buses and trains. Is this long? Yes. But most of these hours were productive hours. I managed to prepare both presentations on the board and did a lot of other work. Apart from issues with bordering, it was an amazing and fun travel experience.
Would I do it again? Yes, absolutely. I will do it as soon as I have an opportunity.
Stay tuned for the other #GreenAcadeMiles #GreenMSCA adventure.
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Time to count this together, shall we? Bringing only costs related to travelling:
Prague–Zagreb (train) = 55€
Zagreb–Belgrade (bus) = 25€
Night in Belgrade = 25€
Belgrade–Sofia (bus) = 38€
Sofia–Budapest (bus) = 77€
Night in Budapest = 33€
Budapest–Bratislava (train) = 38€
All in all, travelling through 8 countries, 291€.
Could flying be cheaper in this case? Well, I doubt it, but you can prove me wrong.
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The train is operated by three carriers, so it appears on the line with different types of wagons. These are the Slovak ones, and I like them most because they are the best to work in – amazing tables and super room for legs. Power sockets and Wi-Fi are a matter of course.
I continued working on graphic assets for my film and almost didn’t want to get off in Bratislava – as if not ready for resettling for casual office work, that is, work in an office.
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The next day, a train was waiting for me at the station in Keleti pályaudvar, which I know very well, as I have taken it hundreds of times – Metropolitan, connecting Budapest with Bratislava and Prague.
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We made it to Budapest at 23:00 with about 3 3-hour delay. Although it was just one stop on my bus line, it took more than 14 hours.
After such a long bus ride, I was happy with my decision to split my journey and stay overnight in Budapest.
I found a cheap place for 33 EUR per night. It was well equipped for the price and just a 10-minute walk from the train station, where I continued the following day.
(The photo is again from the 2018 train trip).
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The journey through Serbia went quite swiftly, but it stalled again at the EU border between Serbia and Bulgaria, this time somewhat literally.
The bus stayed in one place for two hours without moving a single meter. Meanwhile, it got dark and started raining. The passengers began to riot because they couldn’t get their cigarettes due to the guarded border area.
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Soon, we would pass the first border check between Bulgaria and Serbia. This went swiftly, although we needed to leave the bus and walk through the checkpoint.
This check was joint with a short break for refreshment and cigarettes (an obligatory part of all my Balkan fellow-travellers for all breaks)
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My working space is very tight this time. My companion is of a larger stature, so she is not particularly happy to see that I embarked as she lost much of her space.
Power sockets are on the window’s side, so I cannot really use them.
There is absolutely no Internet signal. So, I delve into work I can only do in such a tiny space – graphic assets for my film #HopaLide while listening to podcasts.
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Petr Nuska