What can I do on the train? Every person at least once in a lifetime faces a long journey. While riding the train, you remain locked into the passenger seat for a while, sometimes for a very long time. What to do? What to do on the train for 3 days?
Things to help pass the time
To make the road boring, you need to do something useful, and even better exciting. Now consider such activities:
• Reading. This activity is the most useful and easiest way to pass the time. In addition, reading allows you to replenish knowledge and enjoy the writer's skill. Since the train travels quite calmly, unlike cars and buses, it can be read in it. If you do not want to strain your eyes on the road, then there is a great alternative - these are audio books. Fortunately, now there are a lot of them. You can listen to audiobooks on your phone, tablet, or mp3 player.
• Painting. This is also a great activity in order to pass the time of the trip. Even if you don’t know how to draw, still try to portray something interesting.
• Listening to music. During a long journey, it’s not a sin to listen to your favorite songs. Sometimes music allows you to disconnect a little from problems.
• View video. A good way to pass the time is to watch feature films, series. Just pre-record the video files on the tablet.
• Review the photo. After the trip, you most likely gathered a large number of photographs. When you arrive home, it is unlikely that your hands will reach in the near future in order to disassemble them. Therefore, returning home by train, you can just do it. During the trip, you can leave good shots, and remove those that were blurry or did not work out at all. The same can be done with video files from the trip. True, such a thing will take twice as long. So grab a long-lived laptop or extra battery with you.
• Write. If you are a blogger, then it's time to write a new post. You can do this both on the tablet and in the notebook (after typing on the laptop). If you are not a blogger, then just write for yourself everything that you expect from this trip. If you are already returning, then describe the impressions of your trip.
• Eat a leisurely meal. Enjoy your lunch while traveling. Of course, such an activity will take a little time, but it still helps to pass it usefully.
Sleep, planning and getting to know
And what else to do on the train? For example, you can meet people who travel near you. Ask them where they are going, for how long. It is possible that your companion will be a person who has the same interests as yours. For example, you like to knit, a woman will sit next to her, who also loves such an activity. Believe me, you will have something to talk about.
What to do on the train? You can get some sleep. This is a good activity that will help to “kill” time.
Even during the trip, you can do planning your business, the future. You can also dream. Sometimes such an activity captures even adults.
Crosswords, learning languages
What to do on the train? Language learning. This is a very good activity. You can pre-upload video lessons or language learning applications to your smartphone or tablet. During the trip, you can repeat the past and remember new material.
Even during a long journey, you can solve crosswords, scanwords. This activity is very popular among those traveling by train.
Games and Creativity
If you are traveling with friends, you can play cards or chess. Fun like this helps pass the time.
Also on your smartphone you can preload a couple of new toys. During the trip you can go through them.
What else can you do on the go? Go in for creativity. You can embroider a small picture or finish a started masterpiece. If you like to knit, then the long road is the perfect time for such an activity.
How to entertain kids
What to do on a train with children? If you are traveling with your child, then you need, of course, on the way and he has to do something. Let's look at interesting joint activities for parents and their children.
For example, you can take cartoons on a trip. Modern technology allows you to view them on the go. This can be done on a compact DVD-player, tablet or phone (if you previously upload movies to your device).
To make the road more fun, you can sing his favorite songs with your child. If you do not remember them literally, then grab the disks with them. Then you and your baby can sing along.
And what else to do on a train with a child? Of course, play toys. There is no need to carry suitcases with various dolls, baby dolls, bears and designers, but you should definitely take your loved ones. Perhaps, with you, the baby will tell his character everything that he sees behind the window. If you took two or more toys, then you can arrange a real theater.
On the long road you can take even small books and coloring books. Then the baby will definitely have something to do. He will be able, if, of course, already able to read fairy tales to you.
Different crossword puzzles can please older children, since there are a lot of them on sale now.
Joint games with your baby
What to do on a train with a child? You can play. For example, in word games, by the type of cities. You name a city or a fruit (or choose another topic), the baby calls his last letter of your word (it should also correspond to the subject).
Another game is called "Guide." Your child will be this guide who will tell you about what is happening outside the window.
Another game is Find. The leader calls the quality of the subject, while others begin to look for a suitable thing. For example, you can say: "Red, blue, shiny, cold, etc." Whoever found it first won.
Little conclusion
Now you know what to do on the train, a reserved seat at your place or compartment does not matter. Everything that we have described can be done in both places. As you can see, there are many interesting ideas. We wish you a successful and boring trip.