December 2020

  • European international rail changes for 2021

    December sees the annual major timetable revision by European railway operators. This year, because of the pandemic, it was a somewhat muted affair, and most of the changes – which are fewer than usual – will be implemented at a later date:ย many international rail services are currently severely curtailed or…

  • Interrail and Eurail: tips and savings

    Whilst it might not have sold many passes this year, the team based in Utrecht (Eurail B.V.), which operates the Eurail and Interrail scheme has, in the meantime, developed and introduced an electronic version of their eponymous passes. The two schemes (Interrail for European residents and Eurail for those living elsewhere) have now been…

  • The Victory of Brescia

    The Victory of Brescia

    I was last in Brescia in 2018, preparing for the first edition of Blue Guide Lombardy, Milan and the Italian Lakes which was published the following year. Apart from the extraordinary beauty and interest of her museums and monuments (which I remembered from my last visit when at work for…

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