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2011 Europe Train Challenge - The Route.

Nathan April 28, 2011 Destinations, Personal Travel News 34 Comments

Hey everyone!

In less than 4 days we will be starting the Europe Train Challenge in Dublin, I am sure you have seen that stressful countdown button above :p

Many people have been asking us where exactly we will be traveling during this challenge, so I thought it would be great for you guys if we posted our route map.

If you want to follow our daily updates, latest videos etc – you can click the like button below, follow our adventures and behind-the-scene videos on Facebook.

For us the most stressful part of the trip is that we have already confirmed and booked nearly everything .

The route below can not change, since we have already arranged sponsored accommodation in every city along the way and most train tickets to each place.

We have never planned this far in advance, and it really isn’t our style of travel – we normally prefer to turn up, see what happens and then make future plans based on how we feel.

This is very different, and we are feeling a bit stressed about all the planned certainty and having to make sure we arrive in each city on the exact day. :p it’s gonna be a fun challenge!

Firstly here is a rough outline of Europe with our route layout:

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Below you can see the exact dates for when we will be in each city during the month of May.

MAY:

Dublin: 1-2-3 – May
London: 4-5
Amsterdam: 6-7
Brussels: 8-9
Luxembourg: 10
Paris: 11-12
+ OVERNIGHT – 13th
Lisbon: 14-15-16
+ OVERNIGHT 17th
Barcelona: 18-19
Vevey: 20-21-22
Venice: 23-24
Bled: 25-26-27
Zagreb: 28-29
+ OVERNIGHT 30th
Sarajevo: 31st May – 1st June
JUNE – JULY WILL BE POSTED AT A LATER DATE.

We will also be posting at least 2 new HD videos every week from every country we visit – so make sure you follow along on this adventure.

[box type="note" border="full" icon="none"]ALSO we would love to meet up and connect with any readers who happen to live or are also traveling to the same places as us – so send us an email or comment below with your location and we would love to meet up – we might even create a facebook event for each city we visit – what do you think about this?[/box]

Joaquim Rocha

Hi guys, you are my heroes for living such adventures.

Something I’d like to point out though is that you’ve marked Lisbon wrong. The city you’ve marked in Portugal’s map is Oporto, not Lisbon. Just FYI.

Cheers and keep up the adventure!

http://108.167.164.229/~wwwaswet Sofia – As We Travel

Hey Joaquim – thanks for the lovely comment – we are glad to inspire you! I realise the map is showing Lisbon in the wrong place – thanks for pointing it out, we will be going to Lisbon not Oporto

Javi

Congrats, guys! This experience is gonna be epic!

Best wishes

http://108.167.164.229/~wwwaswet Sofia – As We Travel

thanks Javi – it’s gonna be heaps of fun!

http://camelsandchocolate.com CamelsAndChocolate

Good luck, guys! Train travel is my absolute favorite, and I’m eager to follow along with you on your journey. Coincidentally, while you’re off gallivanting about Europe by train, my husband, our puppy and I are subletting our apartment for two months and traveling the Western US by RV–a first for both of us!

http://108.167.164.229/~wwwaswet Sofia – As We Travel

Oh that sounds like a lovely fun adventure as well! we have also thought about doing that when we visit USA – look forward to following along.

http://camelsandchocolate.com CamelsAndChocolate

You definitely should–it’s the only way to see a lot of the US at one time, seeing as the country is very poorly connected by rail (plus, travel by train here is twice the price of airfare even, if not more–it’s ridiculous!).

http://twitter.com/mobilelawyer Michael Hodson

congrats and enjoy!

http://108.167.164.229/~wwwaswet Sofia – As We Travel

thanks Michael – also I will send you something to post early next week

Steffi

It’s sad that you’re skipping Germany. It’s not that bad here =)

http://108.167.164.229/~wwwaswet Sofia – As We Travel

hehe dont worry Steffi! We WILL be visiting Germany, but in July when we come back up from Budapest, Vienna, Poland & then to Berlin

Dusan

I’d like to meet you in Prague! Create FB event, it would be nice.

Good luck & Enjoy, it is gonna be huge!

http://108.167.164.229/~wwwaswet Sofia – As We Travel

Hey Dusan – that would be fun! we will create something on FB closer to our arrival in Prague

http://www.nomadicnotes.com James Clark

It’s about time they built the Bay of Biscay Bridge

Looking forward to following this epic adventure!

http://108.167.164.229/~wwwaswet Sofia – As We Travel

hahahha yeah haven’t you heard about that bridge??

http://twitter.com/vvagabondages Lucie Aidart

Nice route but its definitely hard to plan ahead! So I’ll be in London if you wanna meet up for a drink one night! Enjoy the beginning of your trip!

http://108.167.164.229/~wwwaswet Sofia – As We Travel

Hey Lucie – yeah so many plans for 3 months, makes you forget what you have planned for tomorrow – would be fun to meet up next Thursday when we are in London.

http://twitter.com/vvagabondages Lucie Aidart

oh you are only free thursday? i’ll keep you posted, i might have something else unfortunately!

http://twitter.com/backpackerbrock Brock G

I am actually so excited for this! You guys will totally rock it!
Don’t miss your stop!

http://108.167.164.229/~wwwaswet Sofia – As We Travel

Hey Brock yeah it will very exciting and fun unless we miss our train :p

Harshalpattni

Awesome !! I did an InterRail trip last year. Just like your trip, everything was certain. Trust me, things will be very much “uncertain” and that would be the best part of it, managing the certainty and uncertainty

Good Luck!

http://108.167.164.229/~wwwaswet Sofia – As We Travel

thanks for the comment – yes we are expecting a bit of that uncertainty once we are racing from city to city – but like you say: that is part of the fun!

http://www.europeantravelista.com Debbie Beardsley

Oh you must be so excited! This is quite an adventure you are about to leave on. Can’t to read and see your adventure as i unfolds.

http://108.167.164.229/~wwwaswet Sofia – As We Travel

Very excited Debbie – never done this much train travel before, so will be a new, fun adventure.

http://twitter.com/100Mileshighway Katherina

Hey! That looks like a great plan you’ve got there.
I live just 20 minutes train ride from Vevey, so I’d be happy to meet if I’m around during those days!

http://108.167.164.229/~wwwaswet Sofia – As We Travel

Hey Katherina. Wonderful to hear from you, we would love to meet up in Vevey – do you have an email? you can contact me here: sofia@aswetravel.com

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=717510431 Elise Reeks

You guys sure are going to be busy! It will be one hell of an adventure though! Looking forward to watching your videos!!

http://108.167.164.229/~wwwaswet Sofia – As We Travel

yes – it will be very busy :S gonna be so much fun filming nearly every day in a new country!

http://twitter.com/hyperren Ren Robles

Sweet! As I said on Twitter, I will be in Amsterdam on 6-7 May as well, so we should definitely meet up for a beer or a coffee or something!

-ren.
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Anonymous

Have a great time, this sounds like an awesome adventure. Congratulations on securing sponsored accommodation in each place. That’s awesome!
http://www.theshirtoffmybackpack.com Scott

Already following this on Facebook, but just wanted to say that I am definitely looking forward to this more than I think any other blog adventure I have seen … total sucker for Europe and their train system.
http://profiles.google.com/seattlekatiedredge Seattle Dredge

Sounds amazing! I’m very jealous :]
http://twitter.com/BAIRDSTRAVEL BAIRDS TRAVEL

Loving your adventure
Happy Travels
Dougie Scotland

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