Summer 2024 · Europe
Two guys from Austin. Six weeks, seven countries, and one very long trip.
Six weeks on the move. Out of Austin on a June morning, into Frankfurt, south by train into Switzerland, down through Italy and across to the coast of France — seven countries, thirty-eight days, and a rail pass. These are their own photographs, in the order they were taken.
The countdown on the dashboard reads 05:05:16. Two duffel bags, one flight, six weeks.
San Antonio to Frankfurt. The seat-back map settles in for the long haul.
"I have been awake for 2 hours." The bunk clock says 4:56.
First breakfast on the continent.
An empty ICE carriage somewhere south of Frankfurt.
The green arrives all at once.
The Aare loops around the old town, impossibly turquoise.
Staubbach Falls drops nearly 300 meters onto the valley floor.
The part of a trip you cannot plan for.
Seven countries, thirty-eight days, and a camera roll that will not quit.
Their own map of the trip — a loop through Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France, and the trains in between.
A few seconds at a time — Switzerland, 29 June.
The same two kids, about fifteen years before the trains.