i just got back from europe. i got a railway ticket that covers 2 zones for 3 weeks for just £205. meant that i was free to travel around france, germany, belgium, holland, switzerland, austria, luxembourg, denmark and also got a 50% reduction on getting trains and channel tunnel out of the UK (would have also covered plane/boat if i chose those methods).
considering the first leg of my journey would have cost £300 alone, i recommend this to anyone.
first i got eurostar to paris, then paris to spiez (near interlaken), switzerland, to visit my uncle. i then used the pass to travel freely around the country, also crossing into northern italy without charge too. because all the transport in switzerland is ran by a single company i was also able to go by boat or bus anywhere for free too, and got reductions on cablecar/mountain rail.
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after a week of staying at my uncles i got train to paris then south to bayonne (nr biarritz, almost spanish border, coastal town (surf capital)) to stay with my dad. during this time there was a
festival in the town, so i had some friends fly over for about a week (flights almost costing as much as my railway pass), and then after they went home i stayed in france for a few more days with my dad, before getting eurostar home. i was due to tour europe for a bit, was due to meet some forum-goers who lived at one of the towns the train home went through but i just didnt have to time to stop by and say hello
. was also due for a lan pary in holland but that never happened either.
edit: link thingy appears to be bugged >.<
try this
http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/el_goorf/switzerland%2006/?start=all
edit2: nop.
