Meditations in an Emergency

Meditations in an Emergency

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Meditations in an Emergency
Meditations in an Emergency
Train travel

Train travel

The old Venturan Express

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Rosecrans Baldwin
Aug 28, 2021
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Train travel is the swish and the clack. The unfurling landscape. The suspended pockets of heat when air conditioning fails. I rode a cold winter train from Paris to Brussels and received tiny chocolates with my coffee. I rode a hot summer train from Florence to Riomaggiore, and every square inch was packed with Italian teenagers – nylon shorts, Invicta…

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