{"id":4740,"date":"2015-10-19T14:10:11","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T13:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.traveltelling.net\/?p=4740"},"modified":"2016-04-01T00:31:25","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T23:31:25","slug":"cycle-trip-vienna-passau-danube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.traveltelling.net\/en\/cycle-trip-vienna-passau-danube\/","title":{"rendered":"The crazy end of my cycle trip through Eastern-Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last week of our cycle trip<\/a> has begun. We are in Sibiu<\/a> in Romania and need to go to Vienna. From there it will be another 350 km by bike along the River Danube to Passau before we take the train back to home to Munich.<\/p>\n

Sounds easy! Well, since three weeks we try to book the night train, but due the refugee crisis trains only go to Budapest right now, if at all.<\/p>\n

I tell you, this is quite a burden: Time passes by, our day of departure comes closer and still we do not know how we will get back home. After four months cycling through East Europe we are at the end of our tether and so is our budget. So, staying longer or going by plane is not an option.<\/p>\n

Three days prior our planned departure day we are finally lucky: The trains start running again! I am so much relieved. But we CANNOT take our bikes on the train! Whaaaaat, seriously!?<\/p>\n

Together with a friendly ticket seller my Romanian friend Dumitru talks to the conductor for quite a while one day before we go back. Not a Chance! Our nerves are on the edge. Last resort: We take our bikes apart and try to take them on the train and stow them together with our endless number of luggage in the sleeping compartment.<\/p>\n

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For the past weeks the trains from Romania to Vienna via Budapest were not operating due to the refugee crisis. This week they are finally back on service – fortunately just in time as our four month bycicle tour through Eastern Europe comes to an end soon. Nevertheless, it is not possible to take bikes on the train! However, due to a lack of alternatives we are taking the risk and took the wheels off in order to make them at least a little bit smaller. All in all we have to carry a lot of luggage and hope that we will be allowed to take everything on the train. Please wish us luck, we really need it!! #travel #europe #nighttrain #cyclingtour #sibiu #romania<\/a><\/p>\n

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