As the lady behind the glass window bent over to slide the window open, I could see she was tired. Was she as tired as me? I just spend nearly 24 hours on the train to Romania and finally arrived in Bucharest. I followed the epic Orient Express route from my hometown in the Netherlands to […]
When I was thinking of my travel plans for Europe for the spring of 2017, I looked at the map and wondered where I would go. My eyes were drawn to Turkey, one of my favorite countries to travel to and I remembered my idea to take the train to Turkey. I immediately got excited
The Orient Express appeals to many. Famous books and movies like Murder on the Orient Express are bestsellers even in modern times. Throughout history, there have been many referrals to train travel in Europe on the Orient Express route. But what is it like to travel on the modern Orient Express? I took the train
As you might have noticed when you’ve read my blog posts about the Trans Mongolian Railway, the day trip from Nice on the Train des Merveilles, and the best way to travel to Tibet, I have a thing for epic train journeys. There is something truly enchanting about the most scenic train rides in the world. Maybe