RSSArchive: November 2010
Budapest – Vienna – Linz – Hamburg
I’m about to discover how well I can sleep on a train. After stopping to visit friends in Vienna, I take the Rail Jet that continues to Linz, Austria. In Linz, I have 10 minutes to board the Euro Night train to Hamburg. I usually carry a bottle of melatonin with me, a natural sleep [...] Read more
In Hamburg’s Train Station, Part 1
I wasn’t planning to stay in Hamburg the day. But as I exit the night train, I walk to a café to buy breakfast, waiting for my next train connection to Copenhagen. After about 10 minutes at the café, I walk to an internet café in the train station. As I am [...] Read more
In Hamburg’s Train Station, Part 2
My suitcase is missing. The buzz of caffeine is replacing the haze of melatonin, and I’m determined to find my suitcase. The police and I have pieced together that I forgot to take my suitcase off of the train. (I must have been sleep walking.) Read more
Hamburg to Copenhagen
After missing the earlier train on my search expedition, I hop on the next train to Copenhagen. No seat reservations are required, and despite the delay of my morning, it’s easy to hop on the next train with my train pass. I know that I am passing into Denmark when the windmills start [...] Read more
In Copenhagen
Politics may have derailed the grandest ambitions of the Copenhagen Climate Summit, which arrives in Copenhagen December 7-18, but the city is still rolling-out the welcome mat to political leaders and the public alike. There is a free outdoor exhibit of some of the world’s most beautiful nature photographs in the Kongens Nytorv public [...] Read more
Copenhagen – Goteborg, Sweden
I’m not a huge fan of these Regional trains that don’t have reclining seats. The Scandanavians are known as innovators of design and style. Surely, they could have installed reclining seats? I know that I am crossing into Sweden when I start seeing the landscape dotted with red cabins. Read more
Goteborg – Lillehammer, Norway
This is my first time riding the trains in Norway. It’s a beautiful train ride besides lakes and rivers, particularly dramatic in the late autumn of the season. As we careen across a bridge, a recorded message announces: “We are now leaving Sweden and the European Union.” Read more
In Lillehammer (part 1)
As traditional a small-town as Lillehammer is, it has a beautifully modern arts museum, built in 1994. I’m told that this painting by Frederik Collett is typical of the style that artists from this region were known for: the winter landscape. Collett lived in Oslo, but late each autumn, he could be seen running [...] Read more
In Lillehammer (part 2)
I awake this morning to see fresh snow from my window. It’s a beautifully silent sight. Sunday morning, hardly anyone on the streets, has left the snow unsullied. Read more
In Lillehammer (part 3)
Lillehammer is a smaller town than I imagined. But that becomes part of its charm. With a population of 25,000, the town sees a fair share of ski tourists in the winter, who visit the nearby mountains and trails. It is a one of the northern European ski towns that sees snow [...] Read more
In Lillehammer (part 4)
There’s a wonderful brewery in downtown Lillehammer that dates back to 1847, making it the oldest industry in Lillehammer. Today, they brew five beers, and have just unveiled their annual Christmas beer. Read more
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