And I get excited when the seat next to me on a plane is free! You really lucked out on this trip. What a beautiful foggy morning that was too! Lookin forward to your next video!
@SilverNightKyle4 ай бұрын
The endless grin 😁 What an amazing start to a stunning trip…
@NonstopEurotrip4 ай бұрын
Always love a Nightjet deluxe room. I also lucked out with a private room on my last Rome-Vienna NJ without paying for one. Also fun fact- there are tables stored in the corridors which fix on to the wall so you can enjoy a romantic brekkie with one person say on the bed and the other on the cuck seat. Idk where there 3 person would go tho lol. Great video mate!! 🎉
@thornton4 ай бұрын
Thanks mate 🤩
@Nadia19894 ай бұрын
"The cuck seat" I'M DYING 😂
@phronsiekeys4 ай бұрын
Private room, beautiful sunrise, and sunshine -- what more can we ask for? Let's ask for it, becayse you're on a roll.
@houseclearance75094 ай бұрын
He got two of the semmeln rolls in the morning.
@soavemusica3 ай бұрын
Butter on your roll.
@SisterSunny4 ай бұрын
OMG THE TWIST AT THE END the whole video was great but I'm super excited to see where it continues 👀
@moritzl70654 ай бұрын
What I do almost every time when I take a night train is ask the staff (while they're checking my ticket) if more people will join my compartment later. They're always very happy to answer that. It's also good to know when your roommates will be getting off, so you don't get an unexpected wake-up call at 4am!
@monikaunterwegs79604 ай бұрын
Objectively, Nightjet breakfast is ok, but not good. But, after a long night in the train, Nightjet breakfast is just awsome!
@alexcane64584 ай бұрын
0:45 "Sanke u für trawelling mit Deutsche Bahn!"
@gars1074Ай бұрын
That was a very nice video. I really felt the suspense while you were waiting to see who you would be sharing your sleeping accomodations with. Just subscribed to your great series!
@linibellini4 ай бұрын
Growing up my parents and me always took the night train from Berlin to Italy. I remember it being super chill and relaxing. We usually didn’t get an en-suite but being a family, it’s actually quite nice to just book a room for 3.
@singenstattatmen50964 ай бұрын
Wooow Leipzig to Africa without flying, that's crazy! Glad I seem to have discovered your channel and its immaculate vibes just in time to follow you on this adventurous endeavour!
@DinoExMachina4 ай бұрын
Another lovely video, Tom. Love your editing and narration.
@ageoflove19804 ай бұрын
The weather is just crazy. Two weeks ago I went hiking in the Eifel region and was caught by an actual snowstorm. Now im back in Volendam in Holland and happy with my tan because it has been 20c+ the whole week...
@houseclearance75094 ай бұрын
What a fabulous travel vlog. Perfectly narrated too. I loved the use of English... was it a chosen concoction of carbs? By the way in busier months you risked having someone join you who had not booked and wanted to upgrade or had booked since your train left Munich, however they would have filled unoccupied compartments first.
@prinzessinaufderknallerbse3 ай бұрын
I love your "blue sky" moment :)
@Malekai434 ай бұрын
me, an American watching this: 👁👄👁
@prosperouspsw4 ай бұрын
You are so professional. Got your game on with your comfort level of commentary. So nice to watch. Cannot wait to see the Tunisia video, made hubby watch your Turkey train journey. We will hopefully be watching that one together as well, we loved your enthusiasm on the Turkey one. We are heading as well to Italy, I so get excited when i see you in an area we are going to or have been to. You are such a guilty pleasure of mine. Thank you
@Eurobazz4 ай бұрын
Nice video TT. You were very lucky with your single occupancy. I look forward to viewing your Tunisian videos. Safe travels!
@arrietty20014 ай бұрын
Very cozy journey so far with the fog! Excited for the ferry to Tunisia :)
@Frazsier-lx1gr4 ай бұрын
Just another lovely video. Thanx for sharing and looking forward to the next part of your journey. Greetings from Austria, home of the nightjet. 😉👋
@jasonc20584 ай бұрын
Great journey, great video. No idea about the orange juice reference though. Keep up the good work. J.
@jeohist4 ай бұрын
Nice experience, compared to Nightjets departing from the Netherlands it must help a lot that the train doesn't stop at every single little village it passes through.
@heikeschmitts46654 ай бұрын
Very great j😃😘ourney .... thanks for showing .
@fireZaption13374 ай бұрын
Love your travel videos, keep them up!
@gauravparmar41064 ай бұрын
Great video! Night trains are the best!!
@kristinheimburg330Ай бұрын
Great journey and you lucked out. Genoa is so beautiful, I would have overnighted here.
@matthewviti22414 ай бұрын
Great video. Are these the new NightJet compartments? I read about taking a NightJet from Amsterdam to Berlin ... would like to try it sometime. Looking forward to your Tunisia videos. I went to Tunis & Hammamet in 2004. Beautiful country.
@frostwolfy58832 ай бұрын
I loved the video and all, but is no one noticing the “Ideenzug” at 3:08 ? It was a really rare wagon that was only used for some days at really specific times to show the public what the trains inside maybe look like in the future
@mickconners93774 ай бұрын
Good to see you back mucker
@izil1fe3 ай бұрын
You should really do the sleeper train route from Belgrade > Bar in these old trains before they replace them and completely renovate the route. (it's in the plans and some work is already being done) Don't think it will take a long time.. few years at most. It's about 50e for the ticket. Amazing scenery and amazing route in general. (Shit trains yes.. but it pays off nevertheless)
@OnMyFeet824 ай бұрын
Haha I only just caught this because I only just subbed to your vids lol. I saw the journey from Italy to Africa and now I've seen you travel from Germany to Italy. I love Germany and hope to see most of it one day but I'd love to travel by train all through it. I love train, bus and ferry rides and its all I have ever done. Your videos are great BTW. 👍
@pepumarius20064 ай бұрын
as a romanian, I appologise for all your troubles in our country. We all know the national railway company is rubbish and frankly should be sold for scraps!
@TheNails34 ай бұрын
4:31 it's one 'single' not 'singular' :) I'm sure it was a special goodie bag but it would have to be pretty unusual to be 'singular' :)
@nickm1049Ай бұрын
Jeezes, don't they have a restaurant wagon with actual food on this train?
@napoleonsdauphin4 ай бұрын
Oh man what a score. I do wonder if you perhaps spliced in some shower footage from a hotel, though? ;-) Never seen water pressure that high on a train. Stoked for the next video!
@Guy-Zero4 ай бұрын
2:37 I get that its a joke but just wanted to clarify that most of the delays are because of the network. Delays can be because of actual faults/problems with the network or just because the German rail network is heavily overloaded. So taking a different company in Germany wont help you :p
@GordyThomas4 ай бұрын
A great video @TomThornton ! Your editing and other post-production work is definitely first-rate now. Congratulations on the luck of getting a private compartment for the price of sharing one with two other people. I've never been on that train but this triggered memories from my 5 years living in Germany. I wish I had a video or even some photos of my train journey from Frankfurt to West Berlin via Helmstedt station on the "Cold War Express | The British Military Train - Berlin" (search KZbin). I rode "The Berliner" from Helmstedt station in West Germany to West Berlin and back in the Fall of 1977. I was chosen for what was then called the Berlin Orientation Tour, and I was issued the requisite Flag orders required to make the trip. It was a bit surreal traveling so slowly through East Germany, doing some unauthorized peaking out through gaps between the blackout curtains and window frames, seeing East German troops standing along the entire route of our super slow journey. As a US Army enlisted man, I was assigned one of the six berths in a compartment where we were supposed to sleep through the journey. I don't think anyone slept on that trip, as we were either attempting to take a peek outside or there were card games and a lot of low level chit chat (we were supposed to stay silent as well as out of sight). Once we arrived in West Berlin we had an authorized crossing into East Berlin via Checkpoint Charlie, afforded to us due to the status of forces agreement between the four powers of Berlin. The train ride and that half day in East Berlin form some of the greatest memories of my life. I'm hoping that you eventually get a sponsor for your KZbin channel and that they pay for you to take all of the first class travel options around the world. I think you are a great narrator and storyteller.
@JonasGrene4 ай бұрын
Super jealous of that good night's sleep! I love train travel, but always feel exhausted after a long haul, and wasn't able to sleep very well on the few overnighters I've taken. Can't wait to watch your adventure in Africa!
@samtrak12044 ай бұрын
I have to have a private room regardless of cost. If I can't go first class then I can't afford the trip whether it's train or plane. Glad you lucked out.✌
@florianrichter71744 ай бұрын
Hey Tom, do you use Träwelling? Would be great to connect. :D
@budapestkeletistationvoices4 ай бұрын
Tom, you had 0 miles ahead of you but a couple of hundred kilometres
@JuanWayTrips4 ай бұрын
We did Nightjet from Paris to Vienna last month, and then Vienna to Venice a week later. We splurged for the private room with a shower for the 2 of us, and it was definitely worth it. I don't think I was as well rested as I wanted to be, but it was still cheaper than flying and one more hotel night in Paris, Vienna, or Venice (and no early/late flights to maximize the day too).
@lbrookesahm4654 ай бұрын
On track 11 in Munich. When did the Starbucks close?
@dianaw2484 ай бұрын
Your posts are always wonderful but this one was beyond amazing! And such fun to see your very comfortable journey! Thank you Tom Thornton!
@nickm1049Ай бұрын
Deutsche Bahn is a technical problem😂
@tinocious4 ай бұрын
Lovely! Sometimes everything just works out while travelling, and you have to remember to savour the moment - it might not happen again for a long while. Waiting to see what the ferry journey to Tunisia was like.
@timor644 ай бұрын
This video is up to your normal high standards but with a bonus.You have managed to find some kind of magical way to get the light to warm the whole frame and also to give a kind of halo effect. I am not sure how much this was just part of the good luck of the whole trip, or if it is something you hae experimented with.
@Db_traveler4 ай бұрын
You got me hooked for the African adventure by land. Great video.
@SofiaPLikePhoenix4 ай бұрын
Wow! Great video!! I live in North Italy, I'm glad you like it! 😊
@CarinRuff4 ай бұрын
Ooh, I can't wait to see the Tunisia segment! I have fond memories of going there in search of sun in in late winter when I lived in England.
@FlexxenRandomPlaces4 ай бұрын
Lucky you! Nights like these must always keep you remember how great traveling with night trains can be!
@Trainviking4 ай бұрын
Ooohh sounds like a great journey, I'm curi6about the next one.
@rollingtroll4 ай бұрын
Looking forward to that Boat video. This was awesome!
@alfredbaeumer36434 ай бұрын
❤
@SilverNightKyle4 ай бұрын
Can’t wait to enjoy this ride through your lens, Tom…🚞💜
@jamesprivet4 ай бұрын
Nice review thank you!
@santaclaus08154 ай бұрын
Ever heard of the andean explorer?
@alexpetrov32894 ай бұрын
I mean 180EUR compared to Breakfast (10EUR) + lets say you found a flight from a budget airline (40EUR + getting to and from the airport) + 1 night of sleep and shower (say 60EUR) Its actually quite reasonable. Hefty investment initially, but the cost is pretty okay and you can travel with more luggage for free IIRC. So right now, Vienna to Milan is 340EUR with the nightjet both directions Lets say 8-13 June. So on the night of 8th you catch the train, on the night of 12th you catch it back. Cost for the 9-12th stays is around 250EUR. With Ryanair, flights are 32EUR total, but the extra two nights raise the price to 450EUR and the airport transfer tickets add another 30EUR. So the total price is 590EUR vs 500EUR. A mix of nightjet + flight is 180EUR + 350EUR + 16EUR + 15EUR, so 530EUR. So maybe a mix of both is the key to go, especially if travelling as a group and can take an entire compartment. But it really isn't meant for budget travelers. If you are on a budget, eventhough its a lot less environmentally friendly, the flights are the way. The prices are gave for night stays are average not luxurious bnb but around the city center prices. You can go lower, in fact the whole trip could be had for less than 400EUR for 5 nights and the flights or 540 for the nightjet. So there is a price-hike definitely. But it is good that a night-train renaissance is happening, maybe in a couple of years the prices will be more comparable. Also the prices are for this specific arrangement of a 3 person compartment with a shower. There are other options, you can sleep in a room without a shower (140EUR), in a room with even more people (4-6, starting at 54EUR), at a seat (starting at 40EUR). So there is a way to make it work on a budget, you just wont have the comforts.
@John-vd6cd4 ай бұрын
Love the JLO reference hahaha if you know, you know..
@thornton4 ай бұрын
Somebody got it 👀
@merrygin4 ай бұрын
How cool, I took that one just last September for a vacation in and around Genoa, though we transitioned (had to transition?! Cant remember) in Milano. Normally don't get much sleep in night trains either, I'm quite a light sleeper unfortunately. Still lovely though for avoiding flying. Awesome luck with the lone 3-person room! 😊
@thundairworld59054 ай бұрын
You need to try the Finnish VR night train, (ie santa clause express) from Helsinki to Rovanemi. You can book a private room with an ensuite shower for less than 70 euros in March or April. It is the most modern and even best sleeper train in Europe. Not to mention that it is a double decker train as well. And it takes you above the Arctic circle..... 😊
@kolejpolska4 ай бұрын
If you'd like to take the same service but cheaper, you could take one of the Česke Dráhy trains from Prague to Zurich, Warsaw and Košice. They're operated by exactly the same carriages but for a way smaller price.
@i86ij994 ай бұрын
Night train from Munich to Genoa is my go-to option for catching a Mediterranean cruise from land-locked southern Germany, because I could just log off from work in the evening, hop on a train, and wake up in Italy right next to the cruise port in Genova Piazza Principe. I took the 4-person couchette this January for 79 euro each way (a shared sleeper with wash basin but no private WC costs 119 euro). I always look at the number of water bottles to deduce how many person will be sharing the room. I also tried the new Nightjet from Hamburg to Innsbruck last week in a shared sleeper (with 2-in-1 toilet + shower) for 130 euro, and the other guy felt uncomfortable sharing a room with a stranger, so he opted to pay extra for his own private compartment, which meant I also got my own private room for free 🤣
@wohlhabendermanager4 ай бұрын
Only have one nighttrain journey under my belt so far (Stockholm to Narvik), but I am hooked. It's just so cool to go to bed in one town, and wake up shortly before you roll into another town. Sleep wasn't that great of course, but good enough to comfortably get through the day the next morning. And yes, showering on a train is also quite the experience. :D Thank you for your amazing content. :)
@cjay24 ай бұрын
And now you know why I live here (in Italy). Three hours to Napoli, an hour and small change to Roma. By train.
@Hoppy864 ай бұрын
Your content is beyond amazing really informative Work can’t wait for the next leg much love from Ventnor on the Isle of Wight
@thornton4 ай бұрын
Thanks! Did you know that I'm an islander before you wrote that? 😅
@Hoppy864 ай бұрын
lol I heard you mention it once lol
@hhgttg694 ай бұрын
i'm jealous.
@GiovannisNintendoPlaylists4 ай бұрын
Honestly you kinda sold me on this night train! I always pictured them as shady stuff in which strangers are waiting for you to go to sleep to steal your stuff, but the possibility to book a whole room to yourself is great, especially when traveling with a boyfriend/girlfriend or two or three friends. Will definitely look into this option next time I have to go to Hamburg or Amsterdam.
@runarandersen8784 ай бұрын
Nice video :)
@carlosrosas72492 ай бұрын
Nice vlog . And you got a private room without knowing it . Just one note : that house of Colombo has no historic base , its for tourists . Colombo never lived in Genoa and there's not one single register of him or of such family in Genoa . Most probably Colombo was Portuguese .He lived most of his life in Portugal, married a portuguese woman and his son was born in Portugal . Well , just saying . Greetings from Portugal 🇵🇹
@filipw.40734 ай бұрын
Amazing
@mel__senpai4 ай бұрын
Carmen Sandiego who? Where in the world is Tom Thornton??? 🌎
@kessas.4894 ай бұрын
Winter? I don't know what your talking about! 🥵
@jennybrockartist4 ай бұрын
"wondering whether it's possible for a vehicle on rails to get lost" 😂
@Gothar-hi5iv4 ай бұрын
Love the review. PS: There is a rather big table you can attach to the bar (where the water bottle was) below the window. I can be stored in various places. I have found the table under the bed, agains the wall in an economy-compartment (without shower), or in the corridor, … You can always ask the steward of your carriage to help you find and install it. You just have to take it and click it in, that way your breakfast will be more comfortable :-) It explains why there is a folding seat in your cabine as well, so that you can sit at your table, or face to face with your travelpartner(s).
@thornton4 ай бұрын
Wow I had no idea, thanks :)
@CalinFR4 ай бұрын
I feel that you're kind of a whiner type
@Jack-my4mx4 ай бұрын
First.
@luamemp4 ай бұрын
goddamnit
@stevemcgowen4 ай бұрын
I never understand these trips when flying is fast and cheap.
@cjay24 ай бұрын
Then consider watching the video.
@stevemcgowen4 ай бұрын
@@cjay2I did and it makes no sense. That’s why Europe night trains are nearly a thing of the past.