CHUR, SWITZERLAND–Last night I flew out of Boston on an overnight Icelandair flight to Reykjavik and then on to Zurich. From there, I caught a train to the town of Chur. It’s the Swiss terminus for the Bernina Express, which is one of the most spectacular train rides in the world. I’ll be leaving this…
I’ll do my best to keep posting over the next few days, but I’m really going to be keeping to a tight schedule. Tomorrow night I’ll be flying out of Boston on an overnight Icelandair flight to Reykjavik and then on to Zurich. From there, I’m catching a train to the Swiss town of…
Everyone knows there’s gridlock in Washington. Much of it has to do with proposals and projects that are in conflict with political ideologies … with a philosophy of governance. Amtrak’s annual visits to Congress offer a good example. Someone from our struggling national passenger rail system appears before an appropriations committee hat in hand,…
Icelandair really has it’s act together. As far as I can tell, every international flight they offer either originates or terminates at Keflavik International, which is the main airport serving that country and its capital, Reykjavik. And that makes a great deal of sense. Flights from North America land at Keflavik and most of the…