The train from Lyon to Barcelona took about six hours and it wasn’t at all the sort of journey I expected. I had images of passing through… Read more “Honeymoon Stop Six: Barcelona”
Tag: Trains
Honeymoon Stop Five: Lyon & Aix-en-Provence
From Geneva, we took a short train ride into France, to the historic city of Lyon. Lyon was the economic center of the Roman Empire for a… Read more “Honeymoon Stop Five: Lyon & Aix-en-Provence”
Honeymoon Stop Four: Geneva & Gruyeres
Having left Venice very early in the morning, we rode our train to Milan, where unfortunately we didn’t have time to leave the train station to look… Read more “Honeymoon Stop Four: Geneva & Gruyeres”
Honeymoon: Night Train & Stop Three
We left Munich behind and took an overnight sleeper train across the Alps, returning to Venice, a city we took a too-quick day trip to two years… Read more “Honeymoon: Night Train & Stop Three”
Book Review: Midnight at the Pera Palace
Istanbul, Constantinople, Byzantium. Whatever you call it, it’s one of the most important, interesting, and complicated cities in history. It was the seat of the hold-out Roman… Read more “Book Review: Midnight at the Pera Palace”
Honeymoon Stop One: Munich
The first step of our completely bonkers European Honeymoon was Munich, Germany. I was a bit concerned about weather, as we were traveling in early February,… Read more “Honeymoon Stop One: Munich”
Book Review: Go Spy The Land
George Alexander Hill’s account of his time in Russia and Eastern Europe during the First World War and the rise of the Bolshevik’s is a surprisingly exciting… Read more “Book Review: Go Spy The Land”
Ah, Venice
After Rome, on the last full day of our 2016 trip to Italy, we took another high-speed train, this time to Venice. Before booking our trip, while… Read more “Ah, Venice”
Book Review: Railhead
I wrote this review back when I acquired an advanced reader copy of this book. The sequel should be available in the States soon (I hope!). Plus,… Read more “Book Review: Railhead”
Matthew J. Constantine 