It’s great fun and a good feeling when you’re able to fulfill a long-held desire to visit or see some specific place or event. Over the years, I’ve been awfully lucky in that regard. For instance, a dozen or so years ago, during a three-day stop-over in Vienna, my wife and daughter and I managed…
My wife and I will be off on a 12-day trip next week … with some train travel in the mix, of course. After flying to Los Angeles, we’ll take Amtrak’s Southwest Chief to Flagstaff, AZ, and drive from there for a visit to the Grand Canyon. For years I have been hearing stories about…
I received an email the other day from someone who wants to take a long-distance train trip and asked which of Amtrak’s routes would offer the most scenic ride. That’s a really tough call but, if I have to pick just one, I’d have to say the California Zephyr. After leaving Chicago, the Zephyr crosses…
I have a list of long-distance trains that I want to ride. I expect that I’ll get the chance to try some of them but, unfortunately, several of the best, and the best-known, are very, very pricey. At the top of that list is the famous Trans-Siberian Express, operating between Moscow and Vladivostok. Actually, there…