This wasn’t supposed to be a reflection on the 1987 John Hughes film, though as I type this sentence, I am beginning to reconsider this decision as my mind falls back to scenes of Steve Martin squaring off with Kevin Bacon for a taxi, getting into verbal fisticuffs with a Thanksgiving-enthused rental car lady (gobble gobble!), and berating curtain ring salesman Del Griffith for not amounting to anything more than an insufferable Chatty Cathy doll.
I took my first train trip when I was three going from Ottawa to Victoria with my mother to see my grandma. We had a sleeper. When I was 15, my mom put me on the train and I went cross country and back for the summer. The next year I went to NYC for a weekend. My mom took a lot of flack from friends for that one. Over the years I have train travelled a lot:Two months with a Eurail pass; nine months with a husband and pre schooler crisscrossing India; 10 weeks in China with them as well. Train travel is awesome. Thx for writing. I see The Great Railway Bazaar is now on Kindle. When we crisscrossed India I always read big books as they could double as a pillow.
A delightful read.
Thank you so much!
I took my first train trip when I was three going from Ottawa to Victoria with my mother to see my grandma. We had a sleeper. When I was 15, my mom put me on the train and I went cross country and back for the summer. The next year I went to NYC for a weekend. My mom took a lot of flack from friends for that one. Over the years I have train travelled a lot:Two months with a Eurail pass; nine months with a husband and pre schooler crisscrossing India; 10 weeks in China with them as well. Train travel is awesome. Thx for writing. I see The Great Railway Bazaar is now on Kindle. When we crisscrossed India I always read big books as they could double as a pillow.
Oh that is amazing! What wonderful memories you must have made. Thank you for sharing.