At 16.05 we boarded the Polonez sleeper train at Warsaw Central Station. We had a compartment between us with a wash basin (under the table) but it was very comfortable for two. Initially it was all a little fraught and the train engineer (who we named the ‘fat controller’) was getting very upset with us all standing in the corridor. He was Russian (and...
Poland has seen a lot of conflict over the years, not least during the Second World War. The Warsaw Uprising in the summer of 1944 was led by the Polish Underground Resistance to try and free Poland from the German Occupation. The uprising was timed to coincide with the retreat of the German Army from Poland. However, the advancing Red Army temporarily halted their...
Another day on the train today. We were split into two groups this morning and the first group drew the short straw – a 4.30am start. Our start was much more leisurely – we left the hotel at 8.45am for a 9.37am train to Warsaw. This one was a Polish train and was a bit of a contrast to previous newer trains, but once they sorted the whining noise over the...
On February 17th we start our journey to Hong Kong from St. Pancras. From London we head for Paris for one night and then on to Moscow via Berlin and Warsaw. At Moscow we board the Trans-Siberian via Ulan Bator to Bejing and then on to Hong Kong via Xian and Shanghai. The distances between each stop are: 0km London492km Paris1542km Berlin2092km Warsaw3348km...