tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post4605577281989326504..comments2023-11-28T02:49:21.156-08:00Comments on my castle in spain: The Talgo train Madrid-ParisMy Castle in Spainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14572760890022593531noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-23210204125012404072009-03-29T07:02:00.000-07:002009-03-29T07:02:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-22127486572948799922009-03-29T07:01:00.000-07:002009-03-29T07:01:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-83640922237364110862008-12-15T17:38:00.000-08:002008-12-15T17:38:00.000-08:00What a wonderful site I like your posts. I had a c...What a wonderful site I like your posts. <BR/><BR/>I had a chance to take the TGV from Lyon to Paris is early June while I was in Europe. That's was an exhilirating experience. Would love to do it again. Wish we had that type of transportation here in the USA.Dakota Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100285210259716346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-65424966870842833702008-11-25T18:06:00.000-08:002008-11-25T18:06:00.000-08:00Trains are such a lovely way to travel. I say tha...Trains are such a lovely way to travel. I say that, but I have only traveled that way twice and by air countless times. The thing is, air travel seems soul-less while train travel is still romantic and exciting. You feel like anything could happen. I think it is because you know you could just get off along any part of your journey and rewrite your entire life. Who gets off a plane mid-flight?<BR/><BR/>My best train trip was from Port Said to Cairo. It was no frills, no fancy, crushed, crammed, and loud. I loved every minute of it! What an adventure! Well, dear Lala, you've done it again. I think I will have to post about this soon. I'll see if I can dig out some pictures, too.Relyn Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389583730002062714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-89162260644792573022008-11-25T11:06:00.000-08:002008-11-25T11:06:00.000-08:00Lala a mi me encantan los trenes. Que rico y que r...Lala a mi me encantan los trenes. Que rico y que romantico.Yolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068063513978782703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-49807607723519798762008-11-25T10:25:00.000-08:002008-11-25T10:25:00.000-08:00Great photographs...I love trains, how wonderful i...Great photographs...I love trains, how wonderful it must be to not have to travel so far to get to France...Gabbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403676085826159835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-32238107554525540502008-11-23T16:05:00.000-08:002008-11-23T16:05:00.000-08:00I've never been on an overnight train trip...it so...I've never been on an overnight train trip...it sounds like fun!High Desert Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06612606483622054573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-5014121077267875032008-11-23T03:47:00.000-08:002008-11-23T03:47:00.000-08:00Our trains in the states aren't exactly the same a...Our trains in the states aren't exactly the same as they might be there and it has been about 20 years since I last road Amtrak but I do have a good story. I was taking the train from Atlanta to D.C. to visit my sister. Something went wrong mechanically so we stopped in North Carolina and the train went dark. It seems they had shut off the electrical system. Unfortunately several people had been in the bar long enough to have had too many drinks and a fight broke out. We were all scared to death but it was so dark in the train we couldn't figure out who was fighting! I stayed in my little spot until the electrical system came back on and by then those having had too much to drink had passed out. We then safely arrived in D.C. It was one crazy ride!<BR/><BR/>One of the things I enjoy most about sleeping on a train is the rhythm of the train passing over the tracks.Jojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843762553010099404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-56435083417690393622008-11-22T20:03:00.000-08:002008-11-22T20:03:00.000-08:00Lala, my memory of train is the one from Hungary t...Lala, my memory of train is the one from Hungary to Austria. I was inside the luggage compartment the whole ride. It was a good ride because it brought me here.edi gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402134242960513471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-20094559405002043432008-11-22T19:42:00.000-08:002008-11-22T19:42:00.000-08:00I would love to travel by train...if only I could ...I would love to travel by train...if only I could do so to Spain. Que rico seria. ;)Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17560614073319109150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-3529363234786284882008-11-22T18:32:00.000-08:002008-11-22T18:32:00.000-08:00I love trains too... I once rode the Trans-Siberia...I love trains too... I once rode the Trans-Siberian, from Beijing to Paris via Moscow and Prague!!!Mary-Laurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05014386827410465480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-36529338248274208032008-11-22T16:46:00.000-08:002008-11-22T16:46:00.000-08:00I am so, so very envious of your European trains! ...I am so, so very envious of your European trains! I wish America hadn't gone completely the way of the automobile. I would love to travel up through Scotland on a lovely train just like Wendy Hiller in "I Know Where I'm Going". Sigh.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-26124919412334034982008-11-22T15:44:00.000-08:002008-11-22T15:44:00.000-08:00You make me want to take a trip on a train! I do ...You make me want to take a trip on a train! I do enjoy the short train ride from LA to San Diego here sometimes...much nicer than fighting with all the traffic on the roads. The only long train trip I've taken is from Los Angeles to New Orleans...with two teenagers in tow. It was rather exhausting, but a very dear friend was at the end in New Orleans who showed me the town. I think trains through Europe would be very cool....Sara at Come Away With Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677354270954094291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-78504988361092786832008-11-22T14:02:00.000-08:002008-11-22T14:02:00.000-08:00This needs to go on my, to do list! ; )#3,298- tak...This needs to go on my, to do list! ; )<BR/><BR/>#3,298- take a train from Madrid, to Paris! I love it!<BR/><BR/>You've made me day dream again, Lala. : )christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541888793748453425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-71902336873341267912008-11-22T11:33:00.000-08:002008-11-22T11:33:00.000-08:00Where are you now, dear Lala? Say you're coming to...Where are you now, dear Lala? Say you're coming to Paris!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165921655704936838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-86530297116208756762008-11-22T07:51:00.000-08:002008-11-22T07:51:00.000-08:00One of my travel musts is the Via Rail Trans-Canad...One of my travel musts is the Via Rail Trans-Canada from Toronto to Vancouver, 4300km, travelling across the prairies and over the Rockies. It will be a wonderful photographic extravaganza. Would make a for a few good blog posts.<BR/><BR/>Train travel is so much slower and deliberate allowing time to see the world go by. Similarly like driving, infinitely preferable to flying in most circumstances.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-67853762485443811872008-11-21T17:28:00.000-08:002008-11-21T17:28:00.000-08:00Oh yes- I grew up on trains, my father was a condu...Oh yes- I grew up on trains, my father was a conductor, my uncles all rail workers- my brother and engineer. Trains are preferable to any other transport. Funny, my next post was going to be about trains...Love them!I took a train across country alone at age 12, was well cared for and enjoyed that trip more than any other, even though the rail workers went on strike in the middle of the desert hundreds of miles from home- My father had to drive there to collect me. It is always an unpredictable adventure by rail!Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-59826652459642923822008-11-21T15:49:00.000-08:002008-11-21T15:49:00.000-08:00Oh, you've hit a daydream-making subject of mine! ...Oh, you've hit a daydream-making subject of mine! Ever since I went to Venice last year, I've wanted to go back to Paris and take the train from there to Venice (or vice versa, I'm not picky). And then I want to take the TGV somewhere, anywhere. And I especially want to board the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, also known as the "Toy Train."<BR/><BR/>There is an old steam engine here in the Santa Cruz mountains that is a fun recreational ride but I'm afraid that the US has ditched the historic and wonderful way of trains for cars and planes. The only other trains I want to take are those that don't exist anymore: the Orient Express from Istanbul to Turkey, and the famous 20th Century Limited. With the appropriate fabulous luggage filled with gorgeous period clothing. *sigh*<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the inspiration. Perhaps I'll be lucky enough to take the Talgo someday too.tangobabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01288974184200212536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-91554797514072384232008-11-21T15:14:00.000-08:002008-11-21T15:14:00.000-08:00I loved your description. I could almost see the l...I loved your description. I could almost see the landscape through your eyes.<BR/><BR/>Have a nice weekend, you too!<BR/><BR/>Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-13780015776488372992008-11-21T13:24:00.000-08:002008-11-21T13:24:00.000-08:00Oh what a lovely post Lala! I love to travel by tr...Oh what a lovely post Lala! I love to travel by train too - harks back to a bygone era in the best way! One of the loveliest little trips I've done is up through the Lake District to Glasgow and then on to Oban on the west coast to spend some time in the Hebrides. When you get to do your Scottish-train-dream trip, you should definitely include that part of the country, it's beautiful!<BR/><BR/>Another train journey that I love (more high speed!) is the Eurostar from Waterloo to Paris. How good is it to leave London in the early morning, arrive in Paris in time for breakfast of chocolat chaud and pain au raisin overlooking the Seine, spend the day shopping and gallery hopping and then head back in time for a late dinner at home?! Love it!<BR/><BR/>I've always fancied the Transiberian too - still on my wishlist... :o)kendaleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085858988070461010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-36344373637203352292008-11-21T11:25:00.000-08:002008-11-21T11:25:00.000-08:00i have not heard of this Talgo train. how wonderfu...i have not heard of this Talgo train. how wonderful, i absolutely adore this idea. i must make this trip soon. thanks so much for sharing your experience and sentiments. these are incredibly wonderful journeys you have been on. i am inspired indeed.<BR/><BR/>i love trains and planes and buses too. i love the feeling of going somewhere.<BR/><BR/>i very often used to take the bus from madrid to barcelona. i liked packing my goody bag for the long haul. books, yogurt, bocadillo, writing notebooks and my cell phone course... to send text messages to my friends. 'just arrived in zaragosa... there in 3 hours.' knowing they were waiting for me with a nice bottle of wine on standby.<BR/><BR/>have a wonderful weekend dear Lala. i'll be in touch soon. my goody package that you sent has found its way to me. i thank you soooo much! they are so lovely! and of course i've a little story to tell you in connection.<BR/><BR/>until soon dear Lala,<BR/>besosl'air du tempshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12910831320800080950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-49097688921857324582008-11-21T10:46:00.000-08:002008-11-21T10:46:00.000-08:00I used to take the train from Brighton to London. ...I used to take the train from Brighton to London. The trip was only a little over an hour, but I loved nibbling on cheese toast and drinking tea while writing in my journal in the dining car.<BR/><BR/>Lynette and I were given a 1st class compartment when we went to Salzburg from Vienna during a 2005 film shoot. Something about drinking beer and eating tomato, mozzarella, basil and butter sandwiches made the 5.5 hour journey seem really special.<BR/><BR/>I wish the U.S. still had the train travel it used to have before jet travel took over. It's a big, beautiful country that should be seen from a train window. There is the California Zephyr, a luxury train that goes from Chicago to San Francisco, a whopping 1,900 miles!Kaye Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491607694389685973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688566251618947246.post-79589791247038342412008-11-21T09:52:00.000-08:002008-11-21T09:52:00.000-08:00Wow so cool! I would love to try that train. :)Wow so cool! I would love to try that train. :)Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03566429241693678023noreply@blogger.com