Thanks to all our changes of plan we didn’t have long in Zaragoza, but on first viewing, that is something we need to correct. Our train on to Nimes was early afternoon, so we had the morning to try and discover the city. This was inevitably something of a cook’s tour, but it gave us a taste of what the city is like. To summarise, it seems something of a...
Nîmes is often dubbed the most Roman city which isn’t Rome. It didn’t disappoint. We got here on three trains; on Friday we took the train from Kelvedon to London and stayed overnight. Then Saturday we headed to the Eurostar terminal and took the Eurostar to the Gare du Nord. From there a couple of stops on the RER got us to the Gare de Lyon and then a...
The trip we are doing is a 40th Anniversary trip of the original Central Kingdom Express. In those days it took 42 days on trains. Luckily for us trains have improved quite a bit, so we only have around 12 days on the train to come. On the original trip the participants were apparently piped on to the train, so ….. at this point, those of a nervous disposition...
On February 17th we start our journey to Hong Kong from St. Pancras. From London we head for Paris for one night and then on to Moscow via Berlin and Warsaw. At Moscow we board the Trans-Siberian via Ulan Bator to Bejing and then on to Hong Kong via Xian and Shanghai. The distances between each stop are: 0km London492km Paris1542km Berlin2092km Warsaw3348km...