After Traveling the World by Rail, These Are the 14 Train Journeys We Will Always Slow Down For

A guide to the world's most iconic train journeys, from Japan to Peru.

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Blog post: A Trip to Ireland, Epilogue.
A few thoughts, How much! 😲 and a lot of photos.

https://snaprails.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-trip-to-ireland-epilogue.html

#TravelbyTrain #Ireland #Wales #Dublin #Swansea #Rosslare #Holyhead

A Trip to Ireland, Epilogue.

A Trip to Ireland, Epilogue. Summing Up I enjoyed that. Would I go again? To Ireland yes. To Dublin? Not with...

A Trip to Ireland, Chapter 5.

A Trip to Ireland, Chapter 5. 15th May 2026 With unusual foresight I’d arranged a late (until 1400hrs) checko...

Blog post: A Trip to Ireland, Chapter 4.
To the seaside! A nice walk. Fight, fight, fight!
https://snaprails.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-trip-to-ireland-chapter-4.html
#TravelByTrain #Ireland #Dublin #Bray
A Trip to Ireland, Chapter 4.

A Trip to Ireland, Chapter 4. 14th May 2026 Thursday dawned and I felt like getting out of the city. The weat...

A Trip to Ireland, Chapter 3.

A Trip to Ireland, Chapter 3. 13th May 2026 Following a good night’s sleep, a cup of tea, and a shower I went...

Blog post: A Trip to Ireland, Chapter 2.
Irish trains and more Guinness.
https://snaprails.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-trip-to-ireland-chapter-2.html
#TravelByTrain #Ireland #Dublin
A Trip to Ireland, Chapter 2.

A Trip to Ireland, Chapter 2. 12th May 2026 I had a wee lie in - it was a very comfortable bed - a cup of te...

A Trip to Ireland, Chapter 1.

A Trip to Ireland, Chapter 1. I have somehow reached my seventh decade without ever visiting the island of Ire...

Last year we traveled to Sweden by #train, to hike the Kungsleden. It was a sort of a nightmare: hours of delays, cancellations, lost connections.
This year we have to take trains again, as we're hiking again with our dogs. Months ago, we planned better, gave us more hours between one train and another, booked mainly night trains.
Travel by train is possible, it's just... More complicated.
Given the state of the flights, I think our dogs saved our trip.
#hiking #trains #travelbytrain #trekking
A day trip to Lewes, East Sussex.

21st April Pick a town, get a train, see what’s there. Lewes (/ˈluːɪs/) is the county town of East Sussex an...

We traveled to Vienna by night train from Hamburg with 2 small kids. We had a great tip and I felt like sharing some observations, which I will post on the thread:

#vienna #hamburg #nighttrain #nightjet #travelineurope #travelbytrain