Over this past weekend, I took a little weekend getaway to Toronto by myself. I decided to take the train and was I ever glad I did. It was so perfect and is my new favorite way to travel. I have ridden Amtrak across the country a few times by myself, so I kind of knew what to expect. I am different now than I was those other times though. Older and more appreciative of looking out the window to enjoy the beauty of the landscape passing me by. I’m also tired and more appreciative of relaxing time alone. I loved the train riding experience for so many reasons. No long lines to wait in, no delays, no removal of shoes and metal detectors to go through. I can bring my own liquids on board. I can sit wherever I want. It is travel, simplified. And I loved it. I recommend it for anyone who wants to slow down, de-stress and remove a lot of the headache from travel. Oh, and did I mention it is cheap too? Gotta love it. The most thrilling moment of the trip was riding across the bridge to Niagara Falls in Canada.
Oh, yes, I love trains, too. I travelled a lot by train whilst working in India.
Though some of the views were not as pretty as those you have shown, (indian railways tracks must be about the dirtiest places on earth) there is less of a hustle and you do get some peace and quiet.
Enjoy your holidays.
Cheers
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Oh how beautiful! I have always wanted to travel by train. What an awesome trip. I hope you had a great little get away and are having a great vacatioN!
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Fantastic! I love reading train stories, glad you had a good time!
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I’ve taken a few nice train trips, one long ago through the Rockies, the rest between Vancouver and Seattle (but only one way because due to when I had to travel the other half of the trip had to be by bus). I enjoy them and would love to take more trips but it’s so much more expensive than flying that I haven’t been able to.
So, I’m suprised to hear you say it was cheap. Maybe it’s like flying from the US, which is cheaper than flying from Canada?
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I sooo envy you! Its been quite some time since I last boarded a train, this is my favorite mode of transport. In India I used to do a lot of traveling by train, but here in US the Amtrak is too expensive to travel, if its a distance that can be reached in a car. There’s an Amtrak track right in front of our home and I have been asking hubby forever to board the train just for the heck of it, but we just hold back because its too expensive.
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