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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 04/08/2026

The perfect #Eurostar seating arrangement doesn't exi-- 😌🚄

Screenshot of a Eurostar seat map showing the selected seat isolated from other occupied seats, in a carriage with no other passengers.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 06/07/2026

Ĉu nun estus tempo por paroli pri #Esperanto? 💚 🤣

An eager finger puppet throbs with anticipation in front of the #Białystok sign in the centre of the city.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 29/01/2026

I wrote an experimental #Substack #travel post, but this links to the @write.as version. write.as/siegeavecvue... #Interrail #TrainsNotPlanes #Córdoba #Mezquita

An image of a Peruvian finger puppet next to a glass of cava on a train, overlaid with the following text:

Night trains, olives, and Aperol: How I reached Córdoba without flying
36 hours, 9 trains, 1 magnificent mosque, and many olives later.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 10/01/2026

"Flexitarian, vegan curious", pre-ordered the #vegan option on #Eurostar out of simple curiosity, and it's rather good. It even came with pudding, unlike the veggie option. 🥳 Now working through the baby bottle of organic red.

A Peruvian finger puppet enjoys a feast served on a tray. A bowl of spicy aubergine, hummus, and peppers, served on a bed of couscous. There's a bread roll with sunflower spread, a slightly bland Panna cotta and a small glass of red wine. Oat milk has been provided for the tea/coffee.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 17/12/2025

Last #Eurostar of the year. traewelling.de/status/6582161

A festive finger puppet prepares to board a Eurostar in Paris Gare du Nord.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 23/10/2025

We have left Crewe 96 minutes later than scheduled. A man in a TfW fleece has microwaved his own meal in the kitchen and is enjoying a lasagne. I have acquired a cup of tea and some biscuits in an attempt to retain the will to live. A few people do not know how to close their mouths while they eat.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 23/10/2025

Nearly there. I've eaten so much #FreeStuff on the #Eurostar and the #Avanti service from London that I don't think I'm going to attempt a #TfW dining experience this evening. I'm just going to settle into post-prandial snoozing instead. If we ever leave #Crewe.

A fat Peruvian finger puppet enjoys a big leather seat aboard a Transport for Wales service from Crewe.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 23/10/2025

I'm not sure we're experiencing the same kind of glamour.

Finger puppet underneath the station sign at Crewe.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 23/10/2025

My favourite part of the journey so far was when the man picking his scabs was sick over the floor of the metro 4 from Paris Maquis-de-Sade to Gare du Nord. No major delays so far, waiting to check in for the 14:24 #Eurostar to London. #ReasonsToGoViaLille

Finger puppet moist with anticipation outside the Gare du Nord in Paris.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 10/09/2025

I'm going through old siegeavecvue.eu #Interrail posts from 2019, updating meta descriptions and adding #alttext to images that don't have it already, with help from #AltTexty. "A blurry stuffed animal"? 😱 How very dare it.

A view of the Oradea train station platform with a sign that reads "Oradea," and a close-up of a blurry stuffed animal in the foreground. The station has a concrete awning, railroad tracks in front, and residential buildings visible in the background under a slightly cloudy sky.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 09/09/2025

Just six hours to go if you fancy snagging a 20% off #Interrail pass. Choo choo. You know you want it. #Train #Travel Interrail passes this way 👉 www.interrail.eu/en/interrail... Example uses here: www.siegeavecvue.eu/tag/interrail/ Choo choo 🚂

Promo panel from the Interrail site. Reads:

Ends 9 September
Flash Promo
20% off Global Passes
The sale will be over before you know it – save now and travel up to 11 months later!
Promo Passes are 100% refundable within 7 days of purchase, and non-refundable and non-exchangeable after

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 24/08/2025

I thought I'd made a horrible mistake when I saw this on the platform at #Malaga but it has nice seats further up towards the pointy end. Now trying to decide between #Merida and #Badajoz as my overnighter. #Renfe #Avlo

Finger puppet in front of the pointy end of a lurid purple Renfe Avlo train.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 17/08/2025

Now on a quack quack choo choo from #Madrid to #Málaga. People using speaker-phones in first. If you hear anything on the news about stabbings, you'll know it was me. Please make them use a flattering photo. #Renfe #AVE

A platform information display at Madrid Atocha showing a 15:35 AVE departure for Málaga.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 17/08/2025

I'm on the glamorous 08:30 #Renfe rail-replacement bus from #Donostia to #Tolosa, from whence a choo choo will whisk me to Madrid. I hope.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 16/08/2025

Time for lunch in the #Bouillon Saint-Jean - proper fast food - just opposite the #SNCF station in #Bordeaux

Puppet enjoying tomato, burrata and pesto salad, eggs mayonnaise and fries.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 16/08/2025

Choo choo. This is what early-morning #Périgueux looks like. #TER (@ L31 ➜ Bordeaux-St-Jean) #NowTräwelling traewelling.de/status/5683360 #SNCF

A Peruvian finger puppet quivering with anticipation at Périgueux railway station.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 31/07/2025

Ooooh! Mini luxury #hostel #pods to try during my Iberian #Interrail mini #travel adventure, right next to the #choochoo #train station in #Malaga! 🚂 mpods.es

Modified alttexty.org: Rendered cross-section of four contemporary sleeping units in a hostel. Each unit, decorated in white, has a bed with a dark blanket, pillows, a fake window, and built-in storage, as well as a table and TV. Black support beams and ladders connect the floors.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 22/07/2025

#TransportForWales #TfW have a 50% off first class sale running until 28th July for journeys made between 25th July and 19th August 2025 on select journeys between Cardiff<>Holyhead and Cardiff<>Manchester. tfw.wales/ways-to-trav...

A view of a first class window seat on a Transport for Wales service. Through the window we can see trees on a green horizon. Beneath the window, a table with power sockets. Either side of the table, bit comfy leather seats. A Peruvian finger puppet is enjoying the view.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 23/06/2025

One day I'll win a #Eurostar prize draw. 🤞

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 22/06/2025

My life is complete. If somebody wants to tell me what the #Holstebro #sculpture actually is, I can alt-tag it correctly in the blog post. 🙂

Screenshot of Google image search results for "holstebro sculptures" reveals an image of a Peruvian finger puppet suffering for his art, nestled between a pair of bronze breasts that were ostensibly sculpted during very cold weather.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 07/05/2025

Please tell more. I had breakfast once on the #TfW service to Newport but generally I'm either not on it long enough to eat or am unlucky enough (most recently) to have a cancelled train. Here's a nice picture of Stokesay Castle taken from a big comfy seat to make up for that. #SeddGydaGolygfa

Stokesay Castle, one of the finest surviving fortified manor houses in England, as seen from a passing train. Behind it, Shropshire Hills covers in trees. In front of it, we see its reflection in a lake.

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 14/04/2025

I've been playing with #Substack, just for fun. It makes pretty images I can post to social media, which is fun. Here's what I did in #Glasgow over two days, rather than the journey that got me there. #tourism #travel open.substack.com/pub/sigeavec...

A photograph of a box of chips covered in curry sauce being observed by a ravenous Peruvian finger puppet serves as the background to the text "Tourism without the trains. I went to Glasgow on the train."

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Siège avec vue @siegeavecvue.eu · 08/02/2025

Intrigued to see how Bluesky copes with blurry pictures of a finger puppet. This is my first go on a Spanish #Renfe #choochoo #train which is already late. First class, conspicuous by its absence, "is not here today". #Madrid #traintravel #migration

Finger puppet eagerly to board the Alvia train to Madrid.

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