Having missed out in my youth, I thought that was that – until I took a revelatory trip with my sons. We’re going again this year, says Guardian Opinion production editor Phil Mongredien
Unless you travel to countries in which the railways suffer from a disease that makes them think they are Airlines. (Italy, Spain, France) They take every joy out of it, with the mandatory reservation bullshit (I mean, the upcharge itself is annoying, but what really makes my blood boil is that you need to reserve every train 2-4 weeks in advance)
Yup, I already did that once and it was pretty great! And also it’s much less stressfull, because you can literally take any train
Unless you travel to countries in which the railways suffer from a disease that makes them think they are Airlines. (Italy, Spain, France) They take every joy out of it, with the mandatory reservation bullshit (I mean, the upcharge itself is annoying, but what really makes my blood boil is that you need to reserve every train 2-4 weeks in advance)
Only the high speed ones tho i think right?
No, in Spain and France they have now too some Mandatory Reservation Regional Services.
And their shitty low cost subsidiaries also don’t participate in Interrail
Like I’ve said, it’s a disease and it seems contagious