Finally, it came. After way too
little preparation and way too long waiting, the time came. EEET2013 arrived. EEET stands for Eastern Europe Eurail Trip & before departure, this is what our itinerary looks like:
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| Eastern Europe Eurail Trip Map 2013 |
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| Packing bags old school-style |
On Monday morning July 1st
the epic journey began. Liesbeth and I took the train from Mechelen to
Charleroi South. From there we took the bus (5€, instead of €3 only last
summer!) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport were we met with Heike & Toon,
the couple with whom we had concluded our journey last year LINK EEET12. Taking
a Ryanair–flight to Bratislava was
the first step out of our little Belgian country. Once we got there, we headed
straight to the Patio Hostel. Note to ourselves: Slovakia has had the Euro for
four years now! Epic fail… In the
evening we did a small tour around the city but as we didn’t have a proper map
nor any guidance, after having a all-you-can-eat dinner with a Slovak beer, we
went back to the hostel and to bed as we had a long travelling day behind us.
The next morning we got up, had a
good breakfast with cornflakes and watermelon and left the hostel. We took the
Free Walking Tour of Bratislava and in only two hours we knew half of the
history of whole of Slovakia. A quick self-made sandwich was our lunch before
we headed to the train station towards our next destination. Once we got there
though, we found out that the train would cost us over thirty euros per person.
Not what we had in mind… So after checking out several other options like other
trains or busses, I had the original idea to take a taxi. And yes, the taxi was
cheaper than taking the train! So that’s how we ended up taking a 100km taxi
ride for as ‘little’ as one hundred euros, which makes twenty-five euros per person. We were
dropped off at the entrance of the festival site and Liesbeth and I went
towards the camping site, while Toon and Heike went to their hostel as they
didn’t want to sleep in a tent for five nights. But that’s for the next post!
peace out_
Toon&Heike,Liesbeth&Thibault
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| Bratislava Airport |
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| A picture with the most famous statue in Slovakia |
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