Originally Posted by
teemuflyer
Well, within reason. BCN to HEL by train would be somewhat of an inconvenient train trip, albeit probably beautiful.

yes you are correct, but if the op is trying to get to Europe... options are sometimes not there, and besides a first class ticket on the trains is very reasonable..
(my wife and I do this quite often.. fly into one city... take trains... fly out of another city... it makes traveling so much more fun)