On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Jonas A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello! > > This is my travelling plans from Sweden; > > Tuesday 28th: Train from Trollhättan to Copenhagen. Fly from there to > Thessaloniki in Greece (changing flights in Frankfurt am Main). > > From Thessaloniki [???????????] (second largest city in Greece) I'll > take the train > to Larisa [???????] and from there the train to Volos [?????]. To > figure this out, > I had to use 1) Thomas Cook rail atlas over Europe 2) www.ose.gr and > 3) google > translate. As far as I have figured, OSE only show direct connexions, > you have > to _know_ where to change trains. But then, I don't understand greek. > > I have yet to decide if I am sleeping one night in Thessaloniki before > I go to > Volos, or if will try to catch a late train, giving me a whole day to > relax in Volos, > before the workshop begins. > > I am thinking of staying at Alexandros hotel instead of Park hotel, as > the former > seems to be a bit cheaper (I asked Park Hotel about the IWP9 discount, > but it was EUR68 a night, and Alexandros was like EUR49). Have not > booked yet. > > My flight back from Thessaloniki is on sunday 2th October before > lunch, so I > will take the train the day before. I have tried to avoid to tight > margins, to minimise > the risk of getting stuck somewhere. :-) > > /Jonas (this is by the way, my first post to this group) > >
How long does the train take from Saloniki to Volos? I couldn't find anything about that, a lot of people here claim that it takes ages:)