I keep looking for some signs that this damn pandemic is winding down because I want to do some traveling. No, I need to do some traveling! I’ve got several...

I managed to cancel most of the reservations for transportation, lodging and entertainment made for the trip I had scheduled for this month. In fact today—I’m writing this on Friday,...

Next April, I have a meeting of the Rail Passengers Association (formerly NARP) in Washington, DC. It’s a three-day event and, as an elected member of the RPA Board of...

I really should pay more attention to the emails I get from people, not just those that come here, but also to the ones that show up in other email...

Compared to many of my previous journeys, there has been very little in the way of train travel so far. But I have been reminded once again how extensive and...

 My interest in World War Two is probably a generational thing.   I was just eight years old when World War Two ended, and have always been fascinated by that...

(Since I’ve been here at L’Esplanade in Domme, there’s been a problem with the WiFi: it was not working in the guest rooms, only in the hotel’s reception area. Despite...

 Four-and-a-half hours after departing Austerlitz station in Paris, my train arrived in Brive-la-Gaillarde. This is a good sized city and clearly not the hamlet I had envisioned, my erroneous assumption...

SEATTLE — I’m off on another trip and, while it’s my plan to provide a day-by-day account of this journey, it may be a few days before I can post...

I’ve just finished planning another trip and, for me, that’s almost as much fun as the trip itself. Thanks to the internet, there’s almost no limit to information that will...