Trains

There is a mystique about trains that I am not immune to. Now, I've only taken one trip by train, and it was only a four hour trip, but it was one of the most enjoyable trips I've ever been on. Something about traveling by train makes a trip seem like traveling is part of the enjoyment instead of just being cramped inside a tiny car.

What did I do on our train trip to Toronto? I read a book. How novel is that (no pun intended)? Four hours there and four back, had an appropriate length book and the gentle sway of the train was not enough to give me a headache while reading. I think I slept some too. How cool is that? Almost all of the places I go I end up driving in a cramped little car, and have to take a day just to recover from the drive. The trip to Toronto was so much more comfortable that it turns me off of cars.

I've often thought I'd like to tool around Europe sipping espresso and riding trains from here to there. Sure, I live in the Metro Detroit area and to talk about trains this way is almost blasphemy, but I'd still like to do it. I kinda wish we had more places we could go by train around here, but sadly, that's not meant to be. Oh well, maybe one day there will at least be a good public transit system in Detroit. (Trying not to laugh too hard).