Posts with Tag: train ride


Paris to Frankfurt to Bremen

February 3, 2010 · Posted in train travel
Is the glass half-empty or half-full? I wonder as I look out the train window to see the green of grass mixed with the white of snow. Do I see winter continuing or spring beginning? There’s a German/Italian man sitting next to me on the first part of this trip, from Paris to Frankfurt. [...] Read more

Interlaken to Basel to Paris

January 25, 2010 · Posted in Switzerland
Winding along Interlaken’s lake on a beautifully sunny day, the snow on the mountains is a reminder of where I have been this week. Read more

Landeck to Vienna to Budapest

November 30, 2008 · Posted in Eurail
I stop off in Vienna to visit a friend and the Christmas Market at City Hall. Read more

Helsinki to Stockholm

June 23, 2008 · Posted in Eurail, Finland, train travel
In my cab ride to the Helsinki train station, the taxi driver is listening to a radio report about how many Finns drowned in lakes over Mid-Summer weekend. It´s a bit of a parlor game, I´ve learned, to guess how many Finns will teeter to the point of oblivion on this long holiday weekend. [...] Read more

Prague to Dresden

June 6, 2008 · Posted in Eurail
With my Eurail Pass I make a beautiful train ride to Dresden. While on my way I hopped off for a stroll in a village called Kurort Rathen. Read more

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