As a test, I will be doing English updates here, Norwegian updates on Twitter.
My first train trip is tomorrow. In the meantime, I will just be hanging out in wonderful Warsaw.

Now calling in for the night. Met a Norwegian woman from the Togferie-group at the wonderful Hala Koszyki earlier tonight. Highly recommended, both the food hall and meeting up with people you just barely know.
Tomorrow, it's time to head west. South-west, that is.

On this trip, I travel on a mix of single tickets and Interrail. Today and tomorrow, it's single ticket time.
Traditionally in Poland, tickets for PKP and regional trains must be bought at separate websites. As I have a connection with regional train today, I decided to try the independent ticketing app KOLEO, that can buy it all in one go. And it works very well indeed. Maybe an app you can add to your guide, @seatsixtyone?

Train number 2: a local train from Wrocław Głowny to Węgliniec, during rush hour. I promised to get some photos of this and the next train for @jon, but it will have to wait until Węgliniec: the platform in Wrocław was far too crowded.

Train number 3 was this cute little thing, rattling me along from Węgliniec to Zgorzelec Miasto, probably the ugliest train station in Europe.

Things immediately got better when walking towards Zgorzelec centre, and downright stunning when entering Görlitz. I can see why people dub it the prettiest city in all of Germany.

Hello from lunch in Dresden! This morning, I got the train from Görlitz at about 10, even if I had a ticket for the train at 12. For the local-traffic leg of longer journeys, there are usually no obligation to take the exact train. However, on IC/ICE-trains, you should get the right one.
A marvellous walk through Dresden, and now lunch. Onwards to Leipzig afterwards!

My trusty, old friend for the past 14 years has come to the end of his life. He doesn't roll anymore, so I have to drag him along, and he makes a noise like a drunk percussionist. So I will leave him here in Leipzig, in his country of birth (Titan, from Bavaria, bought in Köln).
Because now I have a new one! Shiny, blue and with wheels that actually roll. Fresh from the bag shop at Leipzig Hbf.

Leipzig was a treat! Big recommendations to the cheap, oddly-named hotel Gwuni Mopera, with a nice beer garden and bar, and very helpful staff.
Now, I'm on my way to Amsterdam, where I will meet up with the computer kids of the late -80s this afternoon.

Almost in Amsterdam. From Osnabrück, this train has become party central. Two party crowds compete in singing as loudly as possible, and they are scraping the bottom of their song chest. Last song howled was "Country Roads".

My dwelling in Amsterdam. This one night costs me more than the accommodation in Warsaw, Görlitz and Leipzig combined.
Many words can be used to describe Amsterdam. "Cheap" is not among them.

Finally arrived at the #X2023 party in Someren, Netherlands! Now for some Norwegian-Finnish cultural exchange.

Some people arrive in style to #X2023, others opted for this.

Interview with the legendary Commodore 64-composer Rob Hubbard, the biggest star on #X2023. Even though the interviewer, Flex/Artline Designs, is also quite a legend in his own right.