In lots of cities around the world I leave a lot of shoe leather on the sidewalks, as I generally prefer to walk. For longer trips I might take public transportation, though that wasn’t the case in Mexico City. Other than the tourist trolley I took one day to see the sites, I basically walked [...]
Traveling by train is so much fun. I can stare out the window for hours on a train, just watching the world go by, always afraid I’ll miss something if I look away.
The world you see from the train is so different than the front door world you see when traveling by car.
On a train [...]
On the train from Los Angeles to Boston (via New Orleans) I couldn’t stop singing “City of New Orleans” in my head, and sometimes out loud, no doubt. Even though I never actually rode that particular train–it’s the route from Chicago to New Orleans.
There’s a romance about trains, isn’t there? Not sure entirely [...]
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
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Oh how I wish there was a way to sleep comfortably sitting up on a plane or train. And that it could be possible without having to fill half a bag with the appropriate accoutrements.
My neck has not recovered from yesterday’s Northeast Regional train ride from New York. (On a related note…loved Acela’s all business [...]