As one of the more obscure panorama routes, the Luzern-Engelberg express isn’t frequented by tourists as much as the Gotthard Panorama Express. If you travel in first class and get on the panorama carriage in the front, it’s likely that you’ll be up there all by yourself. Unfortunately, I was Read more…
Costing over CHF150 per person per journey in full price, the Gotthard Panorama Express isn’t just a pretty train line, it’s a journey with exceptional service. Here’s how to do it properly on a budget. Go to Luzern early in the morning to have a walk around town and get Read more…
Both amateurs and professionals I like perform at the Geneva music festival every summer during June. With over 400 programs or 30 different venues over one weekend in 2019‘s edition it is an event that is not to be missed. Between its many modern classical and contemporary performances, it is Read more…
The first thing that attracted me to this route was the peculiar name of its terminus – Bière. It means beer in French. My initial intention was only to take the train there, but the route was so scenic I just had to write about the view. The R122 train Read more…
In the suburbs of Boston where the metro’s Red Line stops, a classic tramway extends its rail service far beyond the city limits. The Ashmont-Mattapan Express uses original PCC cars designed in the 1930’s to ferry commuters in and out of Boston city. Although the system reminds passengers of the Read more…
I didn’t know how high the sky was until I passed over the Rockies, I didn’t know how large the earth was until I got lost in the plains of Minnesota, I didn’t know how empty the sea was until I knelt in the sand on the Atlantic shore. After Read more…
SONIC claims to be “America’s Drive-in”, and rightly so. With over 3000 stores around the country SONIC is America’s only remaining large scale drive-in restaurant with car hops. During the interwar period, drive-ins were a popular style of restaurant because all it needed was a carpark, and with the boom Read more…
Chen, a friend I met while engaged in a German language course, and I both loved riding on two wheels. We were both staying in Berlin for a while so we thought it’d be a good idea to get a scooter each for cheap. Chen being Chen, went all the Read more…
The Eurostar crosses the English Channel to connect the British Isles to mainland Europe. The Chunnel also carries vehicular traffic on trains. The travel agent that I booked my flights to London with suggested that I take the cheaper British Airways flights to Paris, but I insisted on taking the Read more…
The fastest train in North America is the Acela Express. Although it can travel at twice the speed of conventional rail, it is still a far cry from express rail networks of Europe and Asia. The Acela Express operates once an hour between Boston and Washington, D.C. I took the Read more…