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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Tuesday 4 Planes Trains and Boats.


Welcome to Tuesday 4 in honor of the memory of Toni Taddeo!  Today.s subject was inspired by Elena Leno, Toni's daughter. Toni and I shared a love of many
things including Agatha Christie, upstate NY and trains, trains and more trains!
 

So.. Let's talk about Trains, Planes and Boats this week.
The Orient Express was a long-distance passenger train service created in 1883 by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. Fares range from
£2,200 per person for a Venice to London journey, up to £40,000 for a Grand Suite on the Istanbul journey.


1. Do you enjoy riding on trains, planes or boats? Got a tale to tell us?
I enjoy trains more than I can say and have since I was little. My Grandfather and I watched them come and go every weekend. The train station was a block from our home.
 
I am not fond of airplane travel as the air in them is pure poison. 
story:  I used to fly in home from university in a private plane with student pilots.   
 
I was like this little girl in the video below.. She even looks like I did!

  2. The Orient Express is super luxurious with 5 star accommodations including real bedrooms, cocktail bars, etc.
  It stops along a route that includes, London, Paris, Berlin,
Bucharest, Venice, Paris, Prague and Istanbul.
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express is set on the train.
 You can choose your itinerary from the lists their site offers.  Of the places shown here, which cities interest you the most and why?
I would like the whole shebang really.. except for Istambul. I will leave that alone. But I would love to visit all the rest. Mostly I would just love the ride of the train!

3. Do you think you would enjoy a cruise? Where would you go?
I would cruise to Europe I think.

4. Given the time and the choice and money being no object will you travel to Europe via plane or luxury liner?
Luxury liner.. like the Queen Elizabeth. Would be very thrilling.  But today's ocean liners are not like the ones from the old days. They are huge  blocks of strip mall like ambiance. Ugh.. not nice.

Dining on an Orient Express car.
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4 comments:

  1. LoriTuesday, May 19, 2020 at 8:24:00 PM EDT

    I will join you on that train ride! Doesn't it sounds like so much fun? These were fun questions! Toni would have loved them and she would have had GREAT stories to tell of trains. Loved your answers! Have a nice week.

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  2. StacyTuesday, May 19, 2020 at 9:17:00 PM EDT

    That strip mall ambiance and zillions of children running around is what put me off on cruises for so long. The one we went on was small by cruise ship standards these days, only about 5000 crew and passengers combined, and it was lovely...decorated art deco style. They did have the standard buffet up by the pool that a lot of people (especially those with kids) ate at, but we chose to have dinner nightly in The Great Gatsby dining room. Very elegant.

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  3. Debby@Just BreatheWednesday, May 20, 2020 at 2:06:00 PM EDT

    I'm with you on the cruise in Europe. Enjoyed your answers.

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  4. SusanThursday, May 21, 2020 at 12:34:00 AM EDT

    We went on our New England cruise in the fall when kids went back to school. We had a great time! We ate in the dining room, just the 4 of us on our table. I left links at my blog.

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