The man in the bottom bunk

One of my crazier ideas was probably to try sleeper cars on a train. This seemed like a great idea at the time, do a load of travelling overnight and save a day to do something more interesting than looking out of a train window. The two I did last year (2008) were Prague to Budapest and Zagreb to Venice.

Firstly I'd like to pint out I am 6'2" (188 cm) tall, which has in the past caused me some uncomfortable journeys, these two were no different, the bunk was was slightly shorter than me and only slightly wider than my shoulders, thankfully I was on both occasions on the bottom bunk.

Don't get me wrong I will be doing this again, this is just a warning to everyone, the bunks are not very big (Seriously a man of my intelligence should have realised this)

If you want any more details the best, well the only two places to look are The Man In Seat 61 and Deutsche Bahn - German Rail Homepage. Seat 61 is probably the ultimate site for rail travel almost anywhere in the world and Deutshe Bahn is incredibly good for timetables, routes and prices.