Personally, I prefer to travel by train. Others travel by car or bike or on foot or plane or ship even. Though travels by ship have become rather seldom. Though I recently thought that a tour on the Rhine for a week or so might be nice.
Or - with time and money, that is - to the United States. Means I'd have to wait until my retirement.
I'd never have the time and it would take time to horde the money.
But my travels in the nearer future will be by train and either to the United Kingdom or inside Germany. The latter, because I don't really know a lot about Germany. Especially the eastern part of it. My mother has friends in the east, from evacuation during the war. They took her and her family in very kindly and the contact held. But I have only ever seen that part and Berlin. That's not a lot.
So, this year it will be the U.K., next year it will be eastern Germany. I'll find something there, no doubt. And it should be a very nice train-tour as well. I am not bound to holiday times, so I can travel out of season rather cheaper. That is not unimportant, since I don't see, why I should always travel expensively.
My upcoming travels are getting more attention as well. Not quite four months until I start and I am really looking forward to it. It will be great. The last time, that I took a ferry to the U.K., I was 18 and we went from Calais to Dover. This year it will be from Rotterdam to Hull and from there either with a bus or a train, I tend to get sick on long bus-trips, so I would prefer a train, but we will see.
On my trip from Yorkshire to London it will be definitely a train. There seems to be one, that goes from Bradford to Kings Cross/St. Pancras and this seems to be the one I have read about ages ago.
It is - or so it seems - a train dedicated to a painter, so very artistical themed. Or I just take another one. I am not generally artistically minded.
In Yorkshire itself I want to take a steam-train, can't remember to ever have traveled in one, so that should be exiting. I will also go into Harrogate, as I have only just found out, that that is, where my favourite tea is sold. Apart from being at least twice mentioned by Georgette Heyer in her Romances.
So there.
I am not a very interesting travel writer. I like to be there in time, board the train with enough to drink and eat and then have my peace. By that I mean, not being talked to, unless it is the ticket-collector.
And of course read and listen to my I-Pod, look out of the window, enjoy being on the road.
Then while I travel, I like to plan in enough time in between trains or ferry or bus or whatever. I don't want to run from transport to transport. It looks ridiculous and it isn't any fun at all. Plus: it takes away the enjoyment beside the breath. And to run with luggage.....
Anyway, arriving at my destination, it's time to refresh inside and out and look about me in my room. Get unpacked, try out the bed and the TV and radio. Just be. If it is still light, I might like to go out to grab some food and look about me a little. But all slowly and relaxed. And then have an early night, so I can start early the next day. Ah, lovely.
And that's it for now. I will end with a clip, that is not owned by me and may not have anything to do with travel... :-) Or not. Because I can't get there. So it is just a picture I found online, but don't own either...
This is traveling a canal by boat in Yorkshire. A nice idea as well, but it can't be done alone, unless one is accomplished with boats. I am not. But it looks nice.
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