Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)To follow on Bluesky please follow the bridged account there. Today’s […]
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Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day -01 27 May 2024 – Arrival of night ferry, Malmö C – Stockholm, onto night ferry
Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)To follow on Bluesky please follow the bridged account there. Today’s […]
Read MoreLive Blog – #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day -02 26 May 2024 – Ravières – Montbard – Paris – Köln – Hamburg – Travemünde, onto night ferry
Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)To follow on Bluesky please follow the bridged account there. Today’s […]
Read More#CrossBorderRail South East Europe starts 26 May – how to follow the project
Sunday 26 May, at about 6am, I will hop on the faithful Birdy folding bike and cycle from Ravières to Montbard – the first of about 125 stages of #CrossBorderRail. Over the 5 weeks that follow I will travel more than 13000km, and investigate 35 new railway borders, most of […]
Read MoreLive Blog – #CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days 7 May – La Ciotat – Nice – Ventimiglia – Limone – Breil-sur-Roya – Nice – La Ciotat
Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail) Today’s live text updates [srr_feed urls=”https://gruene.social/@jon.rss” filter_name=”7_May” filter_type=”show” thumbnail_position=”align_right” thumbnail_size=”150px” […]
Read MoreCome along for #CrossBorderRail compact – Zagreb-Sarajevo, via the Croatia-Serbia border at Tovarnik
6 hours by bus, or 6 hours 45 minutes by train? I’d take the train every time. More space, more comfort, freedom to move around. But were my route Zagreb to Beograd – two of the most significant cities in South East Europe – then I would be out of […]
Read MoreLive Blog – #CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days 26 April – Valenciennes – Quiévrain – Gussignies – Aulnoye-Aymeries – Paris – Nuits-sous-Ravières
Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail) Today’s live text updates This day of live coverage is […]
Read MoreCompact tech solutions for #CrossBorderRail – abandoning the laptop, and investing in a foldable HB066 keyboard
With #CrossBorderRail South East Europe now just over a month away, my thoughts are turning to what (not) to take with me. This year I am going to be much more radical in terms of packing – I am not going to take a laptop with me. That’s 1.4kg removed […]
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