Switzerland is a beautiful country, with mountains and valleys that take your breath away. It’s hard to imagine any place more suited to rail travel. Almost any train in that country will offer scenic views, but there are two trains of special note: the Glacier Express and the Bernina Express. (More about the Bernina Express…
It always happens. Just before I leave on a trip, something pops up to cast doubt on the whole thing … something that will interfere and cause me to cancel or delay. This time it’s the damn volcano in Iceland. In almost exactly a month, I’m leaving here on Hawaiian Airlines and heading for Seattle….
My first trip to Europe was in the summer of 1954. The American Field Service ran an exchange-student program in those days, with American kids going to Europe to live with a local family for the summer and European kids coming to the U.S. for the full school year. I applied and requested that I be…
(This is Part Three of a story I wrote for the Dallas Morning News, recording some of the events that took place as I rode the Indian Pacific, east to west across Australia, and then the Ghan from Darwin in the north to Adeaide in the south.) Framed by a miraculous sunset, the Indian Pacific arrives…