Keane

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 travel, I must decide not to be a tourist. I must be a person among people who know more than I do about the focus of the moment. In a funny, slightly insecure way, I ... read more