Showing posts with label trains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trains. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Albania's last trains.

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  For the past 40 years, maybe even earlier if childhood stamp collecting is taken into account, I've been fascinated by the country of ...
Friday, September 25, 2020

A comeback for TEE?

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American railroad buffs tend to be fascinated by the physical infrastructure of trains and their accessories. Going back to my Eurailpass ye...
Monday, January 20, 2020

I'm in New Agony, but this video documents "A Train Ride to the Czech Republic."

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It kills me to watch videos like this. There are so many of my favorite things, rolled into one: train travel, Germany, beer with dumpling...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Baylor Family Croatia, Slovenia and Trieste 2019, Chapter 3: From Zagreb to Ljubljana by older-school rail.

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In the previous edition, the trip began in Zagreb. On Tuesday morning following our visit to the central market in Zagreb, it was back ...
Friday, August 02, 2019

More trains, fewer planes? "A Modest Proposal to Make Air Travel Obsolete."

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I'd settle for just one passenger train, maybe Louisville to Indianapolis and Chicago, or Cincinnati. Planes are one thing, but why t...
Sunday, May 12, 2019

“I love Europe. I love trains. With Brexit negotiations tortuously unwinding I decided to combine these twin passions.”

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"Beethoven with attitude, masochism in Lviv, the smell of cigarettes in the corridor, adventurous great aunts who travelled on the r...
Thursday, December 20, 2018

Bavarian Christmas Interlude 2018, Thursday: A one-night stand with my sweetie in much beloved Bamberg.

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Diana and I visited Bavaria (Munich and Bamberg) just before Christmas. Prior to departure, there was a series entitled Munich Tales 2018...
Tuesday, August 15, 2017

30 years ago today: 1987 European summer's end.

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Unaffordable food in Brussels. Previously: 30 years ago today on THE BEER BEAT: Elephant, Mouse, wonderful friends and a Titanic Strugg...