{"id":2993,"date":"2011-10-20T06:10:55","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T11:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/?p=2993"},"modified":"2024-06-19T07:37:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T11:37:40","slug":"the-ultimate-train-challenge-through-europe-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/the-ultimate-train-challenge-through-europe-video\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Train Challenge through Europe [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When I signed on to the Ultimate Train Challenge<\/a>, I didn’t really have a true sense of the sheer distance I’d be covering by train in just 30 days. Sure – I knew that 25,000kms was a lot, but that was just a number, which I couldn’t really comprehend. The Ultimate Train Challenge through Europe alone is a gigantic task; and isn’t even half of the overall journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post was originally published in 2011. It has since been updated for accuracy of links and content. <\/em>

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It was when I started planning the next step of my travels that I realized \u201cpopping back over to Europe\u201d involved a lot more than a pop. More like a 12 hours of flying <\/em>sort of pop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first 17 days of the Ultimate Train Challenge, I covered a huge distance and quite a laundry list of countries: Portugal<\/a>, Spain (both Granada<\/a> and Barcelona<\/a>), Switzerland<\/a>, Czech Republic<\/a>, Ukraine<\/a>, and Russia<\/a>. This says nothing of the countries I also passed through (but didn’t leave the train or station), which includes France, Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please enjoy this video of my Ultimate Train Challenge adventures through Europe. This is Part One of a three-part video series of Ultimate Train Challenge fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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