On the rails again… #Interrail

I have a spare Interrail day left on my pass that expired today, mostly thanks to the valiant efforts of the luge athletes of #TeamDE in the Milan Winter Olympics. As it was also an own-country day, I decided to do a random day trip to a station and city I hadn’t been to before: Castelló de la Plana

Today’s Itinerary: https://moof.space/trip/2026-03-25

I’ll be doing this on a couple of Euromeds, though I did flirt with the idea of taking an Intercity out and a Euromed back, the timing was a little weird.

Unusually for Renfe in Barcelona Sants, we were checked into the platform before the train arrived, and as the train arrived from Figueres, people exited the train causing massive chaos on the platform, as people here aren’t used to that.

On the rails again… #CrossBorderRail

So, I seem to have talked myself into a long trip, full of pretty views, on the way home. Woe is me.

Today is mostly a repositioning run, for me to get ready for a trip through Switzerland tomorrow. I will be staying in a new town to me, the Austrian border town of Bregenz.

Today’s itinerary: https://moof.space/trip/2026-02-11

I’m currently zooming down snowy landscapes in a venerable  ICE 3 called Baden-Baden that is fitted with ICE 4-style seating.

Thanks to the excellent win by Julia Taubitz of #TeamDE yesterday, today my travel is free as part of my promotional BahnCard Gold. Well, mostly. I may have to pay a 4€ surcharge for the leg between Lindau-Reutin and Bregenz, but I have yet to talk to conductor about that.

But for now, time to grab something for breakfast at the bordrestaurant

Congratulations to Julia Taubitz of #TeamDE for winning gold in the Women’s luge today.

I wonder where my free travels will take me tomorrow?

"German decathlete Manuel Eitel announced his withdrawal from the Games on Instagram, sharing his devastation over missing the opportunity due to a Covid-19 infection."

#CovidAtTheOlympics #Olympics #Paris2024 #COVID #MaskUp #TeamDE

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2485105/olympians-test-positive-for-covid-as-paris-games-continue-uninterrupted