Sleeper Trains and Russian Border Guards

We glossed over our first experience on a sleeper train for no other reason than it’s taken us almost a week to get over the whole experience.  And frankly this did not bode well for a trip of several months which has been planned around travelling by train.

When booking our tickets from Cologne to Warsaw back in the UK we had settled for a couchette which is effectively 3^rd class – up to 6 berths to a cabin – mainly because we couldn’t really understand the booking system. 

Warsaw and Vilnius

Warsaw is a beautiful city.  However, we should warn you at this stage that if you are looking for a visitor’s guide to any places we visit, you may have to look elsewhere (we recommended Lonely Planet – other guide books are available).