Journey to Berlin + City Bags furiously packed, tickets tight in fists, two weeks of travel and potential hilarity were underway. Short but typically expensive Taxi to Flitwick, making careful note not to tell the inquisitive driver that our beloved house was now empty for 14 lonely nights. Train to Luton (unfortunately not the airport we were using!!) Blissfully air conditioned Coach to Stansted (save for annoyingly unruly children and passive, poorly organ...

Prague Genuinely the warmest, busiest and most cosmopolitan train to ever leave a station, we were leaving Berlin feeling confident and certainly impressed by what we'd seen.. Against our instincts, we hadn't made a reservation for the 4 hour blast to Prague. This indeed was a grave mistake. Think 1950's style carriages complete with compartments, Compartments full of other heavily laden passengers! Not nearly as romatic as Poirot would have you believe. As th...