On board European sleeper trains – ‘it’s like being in a hotel with a secret transporter behind the shower curtain’
Can a European sleeper train replace a pricey hotel? Andrea Sachs tested it out...
In Amsterdam, passengers on foot and with bikes board the European Sleeper train. Photo: Andrea Sachs/The Washington Post
On an overnight train journey in Europe, I slept - or at least tried to - through sections of Germany, Switzerland and Hungary tucked under a dark sky.
Through the snores of travellers inches from my face and the antics of schoolkids ignoring their chaperones. Through the morning rush for the bathroom and the exodus of passengers.
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