How To Use Couchette In A Sentence
-
At Belgrade I was left looking after the luggage while my husband went off to organize a couchette or wagon-lit for the rest of the journey.
-
To avoid the hard-seat alternative, you have to do a quick deal with a guard before getting on the train - a little like booking a last-minute couchette in Europe.
-
We had couchettes (lie down chairs) on this train, but I slept poorly because of all the stops we were making.
-
The company takes off on the sleeper - cue for much squabbling among the bunk-hopping young lovers as to who sleeps with whom in which couchette - which makes a timely departure in a convincing billow of smoke.
-
Sharing a couchette with five strangers was hardly deluxe travel, but especially in the age before mobile phones, it often fostered moments of true camaraderie.
Life in Italy Takes On a Faster Tempo
-
I splurged on a first-class couchette – so I had a compartment to myself.
The Woman in the Fifth
-
To avoid hotel bills, we took overnight trains and booked couchettes.
-
Graham tossed the paperback on to the opposite couchette and made his way to the dining car.
-
You can purchase a return train ticket from London to Madrid through Rail Europe (0844 848 4070), travelling on the Elipsos Train Hotel from £202 return per person with accommodation in a four-berth couchette.
Cycling Spain's ancient Via de la Plata
-
At Belgrade I was left looking after the luggage while my husband went off to organize a couchette or wagon-lit for the rest of the journey.
-
We sprung for expensive couchette seats, and ended up with our own little cabin on the boat.
-
Of course there was the dreaded train ride back despite getting a couchette, I was starting to get sick and threw up twice on the ride but I think I covered almost everything.
Archive 2009-02-01
-
I opted for the three-bed couchette, as opposed to the two, as I'm always slightly paranoid of being alone with someone on the European trains.
-
Once again this entailed another overnight train journey enjoying the couchettes.
-
It has yet to install couchette carriages and, after several failed attempts to fall asleep in their seats, most people head for the on-train bar and drink the night away.
-
If you're in Scandinavia, try booking a sleeping berth - called a "couchette" - on a night train for a reasonable $30 to $50.
The Seattle Times
-
Prices should be around £120-£165pp return for daytime travel, and £165-£200 return for overnight in a six-berth couchette.
Pre-season ski news
-
The fully loaded walk through five cars to the couchettes was amazing.
-
Sleeping on overnight trains is common (though couchettes cost extra).
