So, the second day of Interrail was a loooong one. We almost-kind-of-really-didn’t sleep at London St. Pancras station. We slept on the Eurostar straight to Brussels – missing our first ever ‘under the water’ tunnel experience. Brussels was seen in a short visit instead of longer ‘layover’. And Cologne was a missed opportunity. But Berlin was a great way to end the day. Well. After a couple of hiccups. Follow me!   London St. Pancras station Sleeping in stations is not a smooth option. Some stations close at night (especially in France, more on this later). Other make you feel unsafe and some are totally fine. If you choose to sleep in any stations along the way, London St. Pancras is probably one of the safest in Europe to do so. To save us some money and avoid missing the first train to Brussels, Sara and I decided we’d sleep at the station. But we didn’t really think this ‘sleeping idea’ through. The station’s Starbucks is open 24 hours. So we thought of hanging around and sleep in turns there. They used to have these lovely sofas where we could sit, relax and (we wrongly hoped for) sleep. (Throughout the […]

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