In a way.
Since you ride guide and two drivers. From the guide depends on how it seems to me far more than from the company, but choose to go to a specific guide, as a rule impossible. Again the lottery. The duties of the guide is to inform you all the information about the route of movement: when the people went, some excursions, when and where we go, etc. As this is vital information, you must not hesitate to ask questions and seek clarity. Unfortunately, there are guides who are very reluctant to share information or pronounce loudly and clearly enough. Guide also tells about the countries you pass through, carries some, and sometimes all tours. He Selita the hotel, gives a signal to the administration of the bus agrees with guides, tackle the problems, answers questions, helps with translation, filling out papers at the border - in short, doing everything that you could possibly imagine. Almost all of the above you have the right to require a guide (sometimes unfortunately have to demand it). But note that it still is not your personal guide, as a group, so it can not be your personal interpreter and advisor.
Be sure to take your mobile phone guide - just in case you are late, lost, and etc. He can himself to dictate to you, but if you do not ask - ask him. It is also desirable to exchange phone numbers with neighbors on the bus. In critical situations they will delay the administration of the bus.
The bus you to an air conditioner, toilet, hot water. With all these are problems. In \u0026quot;sredneblagopoluchnom\u0026quot; round air conditioning will work, but not always well enough (by the way, please note that the parking lot it does not work, so in southern countries to be standing in a bus unbearable), boiling water will calculate pair of glasses per person per day, and toilet will exhort you to go \u0026quot;only if you really, really need.\u0026quot;
Parking is not made less frequently than once every 4 hours, usually observed. If it\u0026#39;s just \u0026quot;Sanitary station\u0026quot;, then most likely it will be at a gas station, where there is a toilet (ladies, be prepared to queue), a small shop (the prices are generally comparable to Russia\u0026#39;s supermarkets) and maybe some fast food.
In a way, or will guide you anything to tell or show the film (the two TV screens on the bus). The problem of what you yourself would take, you need to consider in advance, because the removals took a substantial part-time tour (sometimes a whole day with short stops).
Now on a night crossing. It is not at all rounds and is considered the main difficulty of those tours, where is. My opinion: if you go to France, Benelux, Italy (in general, everywhere, except Germany, Eastern Europe and Scandinavia), the nocturnal removal may be a lesser evil than a day monotonous roads. For Deutsch autobahn - it is quite a boring thing.
Before the move night put 8 (according to other sources, 9) hours of \u0026quot;sludge bus\u0026quot;, that is, you walk through the city, most of the time alone, without a tour, but the bus may not go.
It is believed that for a night journey to have a special pillow (preferably air), a blanket and a blindfold on. I did none of this is not used. Just available odezhek mildest placed under his head, the largest (jacket, for example) is covered. Even if the day is hot, in the morning on the bus can be chilly cold, you need to have something laid. Maybe winter is even more important, but in winter I did not go.
The first night in the bus is usually heavy, sleep can be difficult, shallow sleep, often waking up, but you can make up for the day. The following night on wheels moved more easily. In general, the full course not sleep enough, but not too scary.
After a night journey you can stop for breakfast, but can - only to wash and breakfast will be offered in the bus ental. Then, to advance to buy food.