Why is it that - when preparing solo travel - I inevitably find myself online buying a train pass? Have I come to equate the pass with spontaneity, flexibility, a prescription to battle planning-procrastination? Probably. I like to think that traveling by train suits my sense of discovery, allows me to stumble into scenes of life that can’t be picked out of a guidebook, but chosen at first glance and committed to between the opening and closing of the doors. But there is something more to it. At some point, in order to gain the experiences that I desire from [View Full Entry]

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