Storyline: Home to home westward
Oh Melaka, Malacca, a name we’d only heard of not long before in connection with piracy on the Malacca Straits. Continue reading “Melaka Malacca”
New Zealand by bus
Storyline: Home to home westward
We usually write about the trains we take, but our experience with buses in NZ is exceptional and worth a post even before we finish our trains post. Continue reading “New Zealand by bus”
Jacaranda and Sangria
Storyline: Buenos Aires to Lima Nov 2017
Buenos Aires (BA), the eclectic city of tango, steak and Malbec wine, European architecture and heritage, treed avenues and lovely parks and gardens, was where our wonderful journey with Rail South America began. Continue reading “Jacaranda and Sangria”
Athens at a slow pace
May 5, 2018
Our last day in Athens. We chose to just enjoy a quiet café and a few drinks, observing the local life. Continue reading “Athens at a slow pace”
On booking accommodations
Remember the times you drove into a town late evening and stopped at the first gas station to ask where to find accommodation for the night? Continue reading “On booking accommodations”
Two carry-ons and a backpack
Some of you have seen our photos like the above on Facebook, taken before we start a trip. Continue reading “Two carry-ons and a backpack”
Braşov
Storyline: Vidin to Ruse Bulgaria via Romania by train Jul – Aug, 2017
We walked from the train station all the way to the old town and our hotel. It was a longish walk; first through some residential areas with apartment buildings obviously from communist times; then some nicer low-rise buildings and newly built houses mixed with old ones – some renovated, some not; many administrative buildings too. Continue reading “Braşov”
Sibiu
Storyline: Vidin to Ruse Bulgaria via Romania by train Jul – Aug, 2017
The train was delayed: we didn’t arrive in Sibiu until late evening. It was the end of a big rock festival. Continue reading “Sibiu”
Trains we took through Romania
Storyline: Vidin to Ruse Bulgaria via Romania by train Jul – Aug, 2017
While planning this trip from Canada it was somewhat difficult to find information on crossing the Bulgaria-Romania border at Vidin-Calafat. Continue reading “Trains we took through Romania”
Trains we took in Scotland
Storyline: A Glimpse of Scotland
We came to Scotland, in part, we wanted to experience some of the most highly-rated railway journeys in the world. Continue reading “Trains we took in Scotland”
Grey, gray and efficient
Storyline: 50 years later
This is Alex’s first revisit after 50 years and Diana’s first time in England. First impression – dull, grey and efficient. Very efficient from a Canadian perspective. The public transportation system, that is. Sleep deprived and exhausted from a redeye flight from Toronto we found it very easy to navigate through London’s maze of trains, Tube and buses. It was early morning there, and by the end of the day we had to be in Manchester. We had chosen, yes you guessed it, to take a train. And no, it wasn’t for that train that we booked the transoceanic flight to London, not to Manchester. If was the cheapest flight that would take us to UK and then bring us back from Bulgaria. Continue reading “Grey, gray and efficient”
Crossing the Danube over the New Europe Bridge
Storyline: Vidin to Ruse Bulgaria via Romania by train Jul – Aug, 2017
Sometimes dreams from the past do not survive the reality check of the present. With age marching fast, some dreams are better left unrealized. Continue reading “Crossing the Danube over the New Europe Bridge”
