Tag Archives: train

Twilight at the Train Station

Posted on 2023-04-28 by Andreas Moser

Photographed in Leipzig, Germany.

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One Hundred Years Ago, Lawrence of Arabia killed the Railroad – March 1923: Transjordan

Posted on 2023-03-25 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. Not quite a hundred, but still more than thirty years ago, I was in Australia as an exchange student. I don’t think I have ever told stories from that time, because back then, we still took pictures … Continue reading →

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The Battlefield of Waterloo, Looking for the Bones, and a Surprising Supper

Posted on 2023-01-20 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. “Little Napoleon wants to be picked up on platform 2, please. And hurry, or he’ll lay waste to the whole town!” Only when I hear this announcement and look out of the train window, I realize what … Continue reading →

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The Romance of Railroad Travel

Posted on 2022-11-24 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. When I write about my railroad journeys around the world, whether it’s crossing Canada by train, taking the Orient Express, or going almost all the way to the North Cape, the eyes of readers fill with longing … Continue reading →

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Let’s take the Train into the Sunset!

Posted on 2022-11-15 by Andreas Moser

Photographed at the train station in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. Links:

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Escaping the War

Posted on 2022-08-03 by Andreas Moser

You can’t hear it in the photo, but the girl was crying. Photographed in Solotwyno, Ukraine, in July 2022.

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Visit Germany for only 9 Euros this Summer!

Posted on 2022-05-10 by Andreas Moser

I used to ignore Germany as a travel destination and venture off into the big wide world instead. But after having seen a lot of the latter, I realized that the former is actually quite alluring. Beautiful nature, fairy-tale towns, … Continue reading →

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Well, I guess I have to travel to Singapore then.

Posted on 2021-12-14 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieser Träumerei. You hopefully all remember my dreamy plans of the longest possible train journey? From Portugal via Spain and France through Central Europe to Russia, then branching off to Mongolia, through China and finally to Vietnam. … Continue reading →

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“Slow Trains to Venice” by Tom Chesshyre

Posted on 2021-12-14 by Andreas Moser

Whether I cross the Canadian prairie with old-order Mennonites, steam to Stockholm in a frenzy of unconnected connections, or whether I am dreaming of “the big one”, train journeys are quite popular on my blog, it seems. Apparently, publishers are … Continue reading →

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To Stockholm, on a Train of Uncharted Consciousness

Posted on 2021-08-30 by Andreas Moser

Wenn Ihr Deutsch könnt, lest diesen Bericht lieber auf Deutsch. Das ist das Original. Ungekürzt. Und um Längen besser. I slept very bad. Got almost no sleep at all. Although I am constantly traveling and have been to five continents … Continue reading →

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