With our experiences on Indian trains still fresh in our minds, we could barely believe the relative luxury that we now found ourselves in! Everything was so clean! There was plenty of luggage space and we even had our own individual seats with personal power point. The complimentary chocolates that we got every now and then were just the cherries on the cake :-) Our train from Vienna arrived at Budapest main station a little after midday on Tuesday 30 Octobe...

We arrived in Vienna late in the afternoon on Sunday 28 October. Having a rail pass allowed us to travel in first class, so the trip was really comfortable :-) We caught a metro to our hostel where we quickly dumped our things and went out to get some food for dinner. Monique managed to cook up a delicious meal in the tiny kitchen downstairs, which we wolfed down before making our way to bed.Monday we were up early for a quick breakfast before heading out into t...

Our plane landed in a cold Munich on the morning of Wednesday 24 October. We got through immigration without a problem (everything was super organised) and, after getting some advice and a tourist map, we were soon on our way into the city. It was still a few hours before our apointment with the UK embassy representative, so we found a nearby place to have a coffee and some delicious German pastries. We couldn't get over how clean everything was and how few p...

We arrived in Mumbai in the late evening on Saturday 20 October. On the train we were fortunate to meet a really nice girl who helped us get off at the right stop and explained how best get to our accomodation (we had managed to arrange a CouchSurfing host in Mumbai which we were quite looking forward to.) After a bit of searching we managed to find Anil's place where we grabbed a quick shower and then, since he wasn't home yet, walked down the street to find ...

Our train arrived really early in Goa on Thursday 18 October. All the auto's outside the station tried to rip us off >-/ so we set off on foot, up the steep hill and towards the town. Fortunately for us a driver eventually followed us and offered the fair rate, as it turned out to be quite the drive to the nearest bus stop! We crammed onto the next local bus to pass by and stood uncomfortably with our packs on for the 30 minute jouney to the old town. We eve...