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General Train/reservations questions

Hello All.
My future wife and I will have Eurail passes and I have bought reservations for some trains which I just received.

Before we board our trains, do we need to go to a booth or find a person to validate anything... or do we just board?

Thank you!

Kevin

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Before you use the passes for the first time, you need to get them validated at a ticket counter. They will need to see your passport.

After that, each day, before you use the pass, fill in the date in European format and characters. The European seven looks almost like a one, except for the horizontal bar through the middle (7). Without the bar, the conductor might think you used the pass six days earlier.