cross-eurasian railway itinerary: any comments?

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malheur
malheur

Hi everyone. I'm planning to take a cross-eurasian railway travel in June, which seems quite challenging.

I've checked the man in seat 61 and made an initial itinerary. If you have any comments or previous experiences, your reply would be REALLY welcomed.

(I've also put the same topic in western europe forum)

12 June 21:34 Lisbon → Hendaye, France

13 June 11:33 Hendaye booking seems that it would be opened two months before the date
13:12 Hendaye → Paris
18:08 Paris Gare Montparnasse, spend one night in Paris booking also 2 months

14 June 13:10 Paris Est → Berlin
21:51 Berlin HBF, one night in Berlin booking

15 June 12:37 Berlin HBF → Warsaw
19:00 Warsaw Centralna booking 2 months
20:20 Warsaw Centralna → Bialystok
22:35 Bialystok, one night in Bialystok booking 2 months

16 June 07:29 Bialystok → Kaunas
13:17 Kaunas booking 2 months
14:49 Kaunas → Vilnius
15:48 Vilnius, one night in Vilnius booking 2 months

17 June 05:42 Vilnius → Daugavpils
08:29 Daugavpils booking 2 months
13:00 Daugavpils → Riga
16:35 Riga booking 2 months
18:10 Riga → Valga
20:53 Valga, one night in Valga booking 2 months

18 June 07:20 Valga → Tartu
08:32 Tartu
08:42 Tartu → Tallinn
10:39 Tallinn booking

Then Tallinn → Russia → Trans-Siberian train

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Haristo
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Since you want to do this trip, I suppose you are passionate about trains and travelling all of Eurasia from west to east is an experience in itself for you.

But aren't you also planning on visiting places along the way? Because with one night in each of these cities, you won't manage to see almost anything (especially in cities such as Berlin or Paris).

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malheur
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In response to #1

Thanks for your comment. I also agree with you, and for this time I will just do the train travelling.
(But thinking of spending some days in Russia.)

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