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In early October, Vivien and I embarked on quite the rail journey. I'll tell you why we went to London in the next newsletter, but I also wanted to write a travel log, because it was quite epic, with some highs and lows, and a lot of learning that could be useful for those interested in long-distance train travel in Europe. The main reason we chose train over plane was CO2 emissions. We already fly a lot to Central Europe to visit our family, so we wanted to do this one better. We also don't like the stress and constraints of plane travel, the airlines' greed and cynicism, and actually quite enjoy being on a train. Finally, we were hoping to do a bit of sightseeing on the way. We bought an Interrail pass for our trip, and while understanding it and setting it up could be the topic of an entire article, in the end it worked fairly well and saved us a lot of money. It's worth noting that we needed a lot of research and comparing to reach that conclusion! Yeah, if you have to remember one thing from this article, it's that nothing is easy with train travel (and the second thing: everything is better in Finland). Trip 1: overnight ferry Helsinki-Stockholm We travelled with Viking Line, leaving around 17.00 and arriving around 10.00. The Interrail app couldn't register this trip, but we showed passport, Interrail pass and our reservation at check-in, and all was well. In hindsight, we shouldn't have used Interrail for this leg, because the amount we saved on the ferry ticket with Interrail was lower than the price of an extra Interrail ticket. We checked a lot of things before the trip, and yet it's obvious we still missed a lot! We had booked a sauna-spa session onboard, and went right after departure, at the opening. That was a good call, it was empty at that time! We took a salad with us for dinner, and had breakfast at the buffet restaurant.  Arriving in Stockholm
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