by Rebekah Lockley | Dec 6, 2024 | Netherlands, Train Travel
This a breakdown of my itinerary for travelling between Hull and Rome, via the Netherlands. This is the trip that we did in the short time we had available to reach the UK to see family. You can easily reduce or increase it’s length to suit you or swap Utrecht...
by Rebekah Lockley | Oct 21, 2024 | Utrecht
It was the third day of our travels through Italy, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands. We had woken early in our hostel room and the grey rain clouds outside had unwittingly set the tone of the day. The frenetic pace of the last few days had caught up on the...
by Rebekah Lockley | Oct 15, 2024 | Train Travel, Utrecht
4 days and 3 nights 2300km 5 countries Here is quick round up of how we travelled from Rome to Hull, with children, flight free! This was a trip we were making in Summer 2024 to visit my family who live in Lincolnshire, so Hull was the perfect connection. Wednesday...
by Rebekah Lockley | Oct 10, 2024 | Train Travel
Family Travel on moonlit tracks Sleeper trains are so under-rated. They cover long distances and often pass between borders while you sleep. Particularly for families, this is an ideal way to avoid the stress that comes with travelling with children – less pressure to...
by Rebekah Lockley | Sep 18, 2024 | Train Travel
Swapping a plane for a train has one main drawback – what would have been a 3 hour flight is now an 8 hour journey. It is true, trains do take longer but don’t be put off because I have a great idea for how to get around this problem. I tried it myself and...
