I just spent the summer traveling Europe, visited 17 cities where 14 were by rail. 3 were day trips. Got so used to how easy it it to literally walk into a sta

I just spent the summer traveling Europe, visited 17 cities where 14 were by rail. 3 were day trips. Got so used to how easy it it to literally walk into a station and be on a train in a few minutes that I almost missed Turin->Paris when a tram to the station was five minutes behind schedule. Average connection was 5 hours of travel time, but factoring in getting to/from the airport, early arrival, etc, it was mostly a wash in any time saved. All in all, total cost for transport was about $900 (not including going/coming back from Europe, which obviously exceeded that).