Open Jaw - News & Advice - Travel - The Independent Ultimate European rail journeys I agree about the Glacier Express journey - beautiful. In spring, you go past houses covered in snow; in summer, Alpine meadows and flowers; while autumn brings the different tree colours. If you can afford it, travel first class. A totally different experience! Jeanne The Rhine Valley route in Germany is beautiful. Probably best seen just as the sun is going down. I would also suggest doing it on a Deutsche Bahn Intercity service rather than one of the local ones - a bit more expensive but fewer stops and far better on-board experience. The ICs only tend to run down the west side of the river, though. Tony Nuttall I'd recommend the Semmering Line between Vienna and Graz. It is a World Heritage Site in itself due to the effort required to build it through the difficult but picturesque scenery. Gareth Adrift in Spitsbergen A truly incredible place. Spitsbergen and its capital town, Longyearbyen, are like visiting a colony on the Moon. Danny Llama BA joins the baggage weight list Travel light. When I hit the backpacker trail for three months, I had less than 8.5kg carry-on. Jack in Laos Won't "baJet" be a reincarnation of Go, BA's original low-cost offshoot? John Jenkins Who'd have imagined 10 years ago that BA would ape easyJet? Odzo Selormey I still can't see how BA dropping Gatwick-Manchester flights helps with this strategy. Steve Sparks Romantic retreats We stayed in a one-room house called Casa Anna on the car-free Aeolian Island of Panarea. Pure theatre: sunshine, storms, Roman remains, volcanoes, but also peace. We went from Naples, but a storm delayed the ferry back. We eventually got a boat to Sicily to fly back to Rome. Hugh Wilson