THE ROUTE
(May 24, 2016)
For everyone that wants to follow where Im going and (hopefully) when Ill be there, heres the full route and timings for tomorrow!
Im starting in Perl, Germany, just the other side of the Moselle river from the Luxembourgish town of Schengen. It seemed the right place to start this trip as its where the Schengen agreement was signed in 1985, the treaty which led to the creation of Europes borderless Schengen Area and means I can cross most borders without any passport checks. As a result of the European migrant crisis though, many temporary border controls are now in place but hopefully they wont slow me down too much.
The finish is just south of Bratislava, at the tripoint of Slovakia, Hungary and Austria. Theres a small sculpture park there where there appears to be a triangular picnic table right at the point where the three countries meet, each side of the table being in a different country. If all goes to plan, I will sit at that table having just beaten this world record!
All times are CEST (BST + 1)
07:02 Perl, Germany. Bus.
07:46 University of Luxembourg, Belval Campus: Run 500m into France.
07:50 France: Run 1km to University train station. Train at 08:04.
08:23 Rodange, Luxembourg: Run 350m to Belgian border.
08:30: Belgium: Train from Rodange then bus to Luxembourg airport. 10:30 flight.
11:40 Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands: 12:35 flight.
13:55 Copenhagen, Denmark: Train to Malmo.
15:00 Malmo, Sweden: Train back to Copenhagen. 18:30 flight.
19:50 Warsaw, Poland: Night train to Bratislava.
01:20 Ostrava, Czech Republic: Continue on night train.
05:36 Bratislava, Slovakia: Bus to near Hungarian border. Run 2.5km.
06:45 Hungarian border, near Rajka: Run 2km to Austrian border.
07:00 Austria.
