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Hey, hey, are you still there?
Hello, yeah.
My final Interrail-video. It took a lot of time to upload it.
The reason is, that I started studying and ... okay, I admit it: I was lazy.
But I put some effort into this video: I prepared a map and I want to recap the trip more elaborately now.
This video is going to be at my profile page, so for the new viewers: What did I do?
I did an Interrail-trip throughout Europe ...
and there were some cities I visited: Zurich, Belgrade, Istanbuel, Prague, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Kristianstad.
Kristianstad is a small city in Sweden. That were the places I stayed overnight and the rest of the time I travelled through Europe.
So. No long speeches anymore. Let's get started.
So you can see: I started in Essen. I lived there that time - but I don't want to speak about everything in detail.
In the video you can see some objects that have a connection to my trip. This, for example, is a Yellow Card of WHO.
... and this is my passport. But I'll show other things also, like coins, etc. But that is pretty self-explanatory.
Let's talk about the advantages of that trip in general. At first: My English became much better (well, kind of)
Some people told me that afterwards. The reason for that is, that I had to talk in English all the time.
So if you are afraid of your lack of English-skills: Don't be. I wasn't a genius before either (and I'm still not)
Most of the time the other people aren't very good at English either. Many things work using gestures or periphrases.
And you'll have to improvise anyway. So communication works somehow, although I couldn't tell how exactly.
So what else was good about the trip? I saw a lot of interesting things, of course. That's quite obvious.
Thirdly: It was the first big project I organized myself. That helped for sure.
You simply have to put a lot of effort into such a trip and you have to improvise a lot also.
So it is stressfull. But I don't think you have to have nerves of steel for an Interrail-trip.
You should be ready for things to go wrong, of course, but I don't think I am very mentally strong either.
And still: I did it. I also don't think you need to be brilliant organisers or something like that.
I am quite abstracted most of the time, too. I did it anyway.
So in general: If you want to do an Interrail-trip the most important thing is, I think, ...
that you are able to cope with a low living standard. The whole thing is about saving money.
Only hitchhiking is more cheap, I guess. That's even more keen. But Interrail isn't very luxurious either.
Well, maybe it is in Western Europe, but I didn't go there. I was in Eastern Europe mainly.
In any case I recommend to use couchsurfing.org or other websites like that ...
so that you are in touch with locals. I think living together with locals is much better than ...
staying at a hotel. On the one hand you have to talk in English, which is definitely helpful,
and on the other hand you get to know parts of the town you just wouldn't know being a simple tourist.
I went to the cities without a big plan what to do there. In Istanbul I wanted to see the Hagia Sophia ...
but that was all. So everything else just arose from the situation and the dialogue with my host.
And another thing: You can do a lot with an Interrail-ticket.
I was on trains about 1/3 of the whole time (including the nights). Most of the time without changing trains.
So I was on one train for 20 hours one time and I didn't move a lot during that time of course.
So you really should like trains and you should be able to cope with boredom. That indeed might be a problem.
So in conclusion: It was an experience I won't forget - that's for sure.
And if there are questions left: Don't hestitate to ask. I answer quite quickly usually.
So that was my final video. Take care! And if you are going to an Interrail-trip throughout Europe:
Have fun. Good luck. And: Have a safe journey.