nickcarney
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 10 years ago
Hi guys I am going to be doing my first interrailing trip this summer, going alone at the end of the August starting in Amsterdam and heading to a variety of places, ending in Rome around 26 days later.
Found loads of useful info on this site and will be booking my pass from here, so thanks for that!
My only current question is about sleeping. I will be staying in mixed dorms as they are the cheapest option, however I occasionally have trouble sleeping, particularly when I am in strange environments and around inevitably noisy people. (this isn't really a complaint as I want the liveliest places possible, I'm massively into my clubbing, and the house/techno scene, but still will need some sleep of course!) Obviously I am gonna be wrecked a large amount of the time which will help but was wondering if anyone had any tips or guidance from previous experience?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi.
Get ear plugs and a sleep mask and you are fine. That's my experience. :)
Peter :)
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi!
Ear plugs and eye mask are a must, just as Peter said (useful on other occasions as well). I have had many different experiences and had my share of insensitive people returning to the dorm early in the middle of the night, drunk and noisy... :D
Be sensitive and try not to disturb others in your dorm (sound logical but experience shows that not everyone behaves like that). Maybe sometimes treat yourself with a private room or a smaller dorm (some hostels have 30+ person dorms...) if you _need_ a bit of quiet sleep.
Flo 8)
nltrainer
Traveller
1405 comments
Use those with Japanese/Chinese guests-they still know how to behave and take consideration. Avoid the tipical schoolclasses and drunken youth, away for 1st time from home and now think they can do anything-Oh dear-thats also the tipical IR-user.
train in sleeping in noisy traincompartments with people getting on/off all night.
This site gets some commission from a hoStelbooker-look at sjostelz.com which compares all those sites and also has some deeper reviews, if you really want to go all the way-spend more time preparing as sleeping.