may have to retreat to avoid being captured. good morning, just after 5:30 am now, the travel show. this week on the travel show, a resurrection in the barrio. i found the role of playing jesus to be very exhausting. every day after the play, you are really exhausted because it is a very demanding day. 50 years of inter rail. very relevant today in terms of the green and sustainability, and also that wonderful thing slow travel. and, a night in the best house in belfast. not only am i staying in the same house, i m actually going to be sleeping in the very room that he had as a child. this week, i m in the capital city, belfast, recently the subject of a big feature film about the childhood of the actor, director kenneth granya, but i am here to find out more about another of the city s famous designs. you may guess who that is if you look at the statue behind me. first though, we are in germany to see an incredible, once in a decade performance of a play staged by a whole
budget airlines were decades away. then, the international union of railways decided to celebrate its 50th anniversary by coming up with a special travel ticket for under 21 people. a30 £2 and you could wander almost anywhere you wanted on the railways of europe for one month. interrail proved an instant success, open up proved an instant success, open up the countryside, the cities, the coasts of a continent for barely more than a return airfare between london and paris. for low budget travellers there was the added attraction of night trains which provided somewhere for you to rest your head, if not necessarily sleep as the trainer clattered across europe. and perhaps because of spending endless days and nights on trains, not every interrailler was known for
not necessarily sleep as the trainer clattered across europe. waiting to receive was best! and waiting to receive was best! and they say, never leave your heroes. but what about sleeping in their beds? i am in elf asked for a trip that ten year old mejust asked for a trip that ten year old me just wouldn t have believed. i wonder what he would have made of this? don t go away. from the arctic to the mediterranean, from the far west of ireland to the far east of turkey, for half a century, interrail has unlocked rail for millions of travellers. in 1972, widespread international travel was beyond the reach of the average european. the