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Braid in trains

- solidarity with

Jul 12, 2025

After tasty breakfast with @stadtstreunen_at and a relaxing day in #metalab, our

#Hortobágy with its

RIC wagon-lits through carriages to 🇺🇦 #Київ finally showed up with 50 minutes of delay. @vorortanleiter still waved after us - eastbound it goes with the next major break in 🇺🇦 #Чоп for regauging. #Braidspoor

Good morning 🇺🇦 Ukraine ! The

#Hortobágy safely brought us to the border of 🇺🇦 #Чоп /Chop/ where we arrived with ~3 hours of delay. After regauging, the delay accumulated to round about 4 hours in 🇺🇦 #Мукачево /Mukachevo/. Gladly, the

ІС 750 was waiting with its departure for you

through carriages with its departure for 🇺🇦 #Київ /Kyiv/. #Braidspoor

🇺🇦 #Львів /Lviv/, 3.30 h delay. We left the 🏔️ Carpates mountains behind, time for lunch break. Since the

sadly no longer operate any dining car, we brought our own food. Round about 6.30 h of travel time left until 🇺🇦 #Київ /Kyiv/. #Braidspoor

Arrived in 🇺🇦 #Київ /Kyiv/, 3 hours late. The

ІС to carry our

through carriages from

#Hortobágy already left a long time ago, our carriages were included into the

#Transcarpathia due to the delay. Sunset is yet beautiful above the cityscape, now time for tasty dinner. Damn, I was missing this city 🥰. #Braidspoor

After tasty dinner, the #Braidspoor trip goes on : using the comfortable

Ш 105 #Chronomorets flagship train with modern deluxe carriages we're traveling by night into the direction of 🇺🇦 #Одеса /Odesa/ for a relaxed swim in the black sea.

🇺🇦 Одеса /Odesa/, 6.30 a.m. our train arrived 10 minutes ahead of time. We finally reached our destination : the beautiful beaches of the black sea. Time to take a break and enjoy the warm water before leaving for #BornHack in the afternoon 🥰. #Braidspoor

🇺🇦 Одеса /Odesa/, 13.35 p.m., air strike alarm. Always keep in mind when traveling in 🇺🇦 Ukraine that they're still in defense against the Russian war 💣.

Aside from that, we had excellent breakfast and lunch ; now waiting for the departure of our Ш 36 to #BornHack ! #Braidspoor

On my way to #BornHack ! Next change : 🇵🇱 #Przemyśl. For the next 16 hours, we'll be traveling in the

Ш 036 all the way from 🇺🇦 Одеса /Odesa/ to Poland. #Braidspoor

Break in 🇺🇦 Жмеринка /Zhmerinka/ : the vendors at the platform got us fresh, sweet and tasty raspberries and some yeast cake. Now onwards in the direction of 🇺🇦 Львів /Lviv/. Good night 😴. #Braidspoor

🇵🇱 #Przemyśl, 7.30 a.m. after half an hour delay at the Ukrainian border checks in 🇺🇦 #Мостиська /Mostiska/, we're now waiting for the Schengen entry back into European Union. We already missed our

to 🇵🇱 #Krakow, that's why we can be relaxed in time with the border clearance, waiting for the next train to #BornHack . #Braidspoor

After a rather complicated discussion at the ticket counter and a quick rebooking of our tickets to 🇵🇱 Warsaw, we're finally settled for the day trip across Poland. Our destination for today : the Baltic Sea 🌊 for the last miles to #BornHack. #Braidspoor

After the early border checks, now time for a tasty vegan

@diningcar breakfast : vegan sandwiches, bulgur salad, coffee and orange juice. An excellent offer to celebrate a successful #Braidspoor trip and to begin the journey to #BornHack this year 🎉 !

Activement unlocked : I took a shower in Krakow central station 🚿 ! #Braidspoor

Next stop : Warszawa ! Taking the comfortable

Express InterCity Premium for the most airline like experience 😐. Anyways, now close to the finale of my trip to #BornHack ; only one train left until we reach our ferry with comfortable beds ⛴️. #Braidspoor

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Last stop for today 🇵🇱 #Gdynia, ferry port ⛴️. After tasty lunch and yet another

Express InterCity Premium, now finally heading towards the long deserved bed for tonight 😴. #BornHack #Braidspoor

See you on the other side ⛴️. #BornHack #Braidspoor

Good morning 🇸🇪 #Karlskrona ⛴️ ! #BornHack #Braidspoor

Leaving the cute

EMU behind, from 🇸🇪 #Karlskrona on, a 3.5 hours

ride got us from Sweden to 🇩🇰 #København - one step closer to #BornHack 🎉. #Braidspoor

Last mainline train for this trip : a comfortable

IC MF DMU will bring us to 🇩🇰 #Slagelse for a transfer by replacement bus. The IC MF are wonderful trains : spacious interior, a self-service coffee bar and lots of space for luggage. I'm already excited for all the nice people #BornHack on the last miles of my trip. #Braidspoor

#Braidspoor finale : after a well coordinated togbus ride, I caught my last train for a while. A grimy but at least punctual IR MG will drop me in 🇩🇰 #Gelsted for #BornHack in a couple of minutes minutes.

This #Braidspoor trip was :

- 7 countries : 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇭🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 🇸🇪 🇩🇰
- 4 night trains ( #KálmánImre, #Hortobágy, Ш #Chronomorets, Ш 036 Одеса - Przemyśl)
- 1 night ferry
- 2 seas ( the Black Sea & the Baltic Sea )
- lots of joy & tasty food