Tales From The InterRails by Peter Gumbrell
This story is a day-by-day account of the trials, tribulations and triumphs of a first-time, single British backpacker exploring western Europe and Morocco with an Interrail ticket, during the summer of 2003. Many thousands of people go roaming each year with an Interrail, Eurail or other train pass, and my own adventures of travelling on a tight budget are retold here for the anguish and amusement of others. From youth hostel highs and lows to French rail strike woes, an attempt to capture a mystery city and a nightmare in a maze-craze Moroccan medina, these frank and humorous tales dig far deeper than a simple diary of train journeys. The novel encompasses varying degrees of euphoria, paranoia and a wry examination of life on the move from a lone traveller's perspective. It will be of particular interest to those who are intent on making similar trips, and is accompanied by many photos. I am currently pursuing the idea of adapting and publishing this story as a standard paperback, and I welcome any feedback.
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INTERRAIL 2003 - INTRODUCTION
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Chapters are divided into each day of my travels. The orange numbers shown in the map above relate to overnight stays at places listed below - click these links to jump directly to any page. Locations in bold indicate those that are more prominently featured in the story, whilst sleeper trains are shown in italics. journey notes & info for other rail travellers contact me | photo index | related web links | news | reader remarks Technical tips: A bug in Internet Explorer may prevent some images from displaying where several feature on a page, unless the page is reloaded. Instead of using the refresh function, press the 'back' button, followed by the 'forward' button, and the remaining images should download properly. To jump to the top of the page you are viewing, press the 'home' key on your keyboard. To skip to the bottom, press the 'end' key. to begin, read the journey notes or continue to day 1 >>
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