Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2011-02-19 07:31:43 - Graham Ellis
A grey day, dirty train windows, low sun, and bright train light reflecting in the windows all meant that the beauty of the Rhine was very hard to capture yesterday as we took the train from Frankfurt, via Wiesbaden, to Koblenz on the "superbackway" home. There would have been 10 quicker ways to get home, but it was nice to see something of the country as we traveled, even though capturing an image to post here that shows the sheer beauty is tricky
And - a much brighter picture - the trip also gave me the chance to see how public transport works in a different country - different conventions and history, different logistics, and different politics. More follow-ups on that in due course and as appropriate; for the moment, I'm writing this on what must be one of the last remaining "boat train"s - th e07:20 Harwich to Liverpool Street which - these days - is something of a "stopper"
A grey day, dirty train windows, low sun, and bright train light reflecting in the windows all meant that the beauty of the Rhine was very hard to capture yesterday as we took the train from Frankfurt, via Wiesbaden, to Koblenz on the "superbackway" home. There would have been 10 quicker ways to get home, but it was nice to see something of the country as we traveled, even though capturing an image to post here that shows the sheer beauty is tricky
And - a much brighter picture - the trip also gave me the chance to see how public transport works in a different country - different conventions and history, different logistics, and different politics. More follow-ups on that in due course and as appropriate; for the moment, I'm writing this on what must be one of the last remaining "boat train"s - th e07:20 Harwich to Liverpool Street which - these days - is something of a "stopper"