August 19, 2001
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Les grands trains internationaux me font rêver .
Une de mes filles m ' a envoyé des photos qu ' elle a prises à l ' intérieur de la gare d ' Istamboul ( Turquie ) qui était le terminus du fameux train ORIENT-Simplon - EXPRESS : Paris , Lausanne , Milan , Belgrade , Istamboul . Ce train luxueux de la Compagnie des Wagons - Lits avec ses wagons bleu et or existe encore . Il y a deux ans je l ' ai vu dans la gare maritime de Boulogne - sur - mer ( France ) attendant de riches passagers qui descendaient du bateau en provenace d ' Angleterre . Mais il n ' allait plus ni à Belgrade ni à Istamboul . Je pense qu ' il allait en Italie ou en Autriche . Les grands trains internationaux m ' ont toujours fait rêver .J ' imaginais la vie dans ces palaces roulants où vous aviez le temps de voir les pays que vous traversiez . La voie ferrée me conduisait par la pensée vers de lointains horizons .....Quand j ' étais enfant , de notre maison située à Marquise , petite ville entre Boulogne et Calais je voyais passer chaque jour le train " la Flèche d ' Or " qui filait à toute vapeur de Paris à Londres . J ' étais toujours fasciné . Vous connaissez sans doute d ' autres trains de ce type dans d ' autres contrées du monde . Et si vous m ' en parliez ?
The grand international trains make me dreaming .
One of my daughters has sent to me photos taken into the railway station of Istambul ( Turkey ) which was the terminus of the famous train ORIENT - Simplon - EXPRESS : Paris , Lausanne , Milano , Beograd , Istambul . That luxuous Compagnie des Wagons - Lits ' s train with its blue and gold wagons still exists . I saw it two years ago at the maritime station of Boulogne - sur - mer ( France ) . It was waiting for rich passengers getting off the boat from England . But it did not go neither to Beograd nor to Istambul . I think it went to Italia or Austria . The grand international trains always kept me in dream . I imagined life during many days in these rolling palaces where you have time to see the countries that you crossed . The railway led me by mind towards far - away horizons ......When I were a child from our house in Marquise , little town situated between Boulogne and Calais , I saw everyday the " Golden Arrow " which at full steam rushed from Paris to London . I always was fascinated . Probably you know other thains of that sort in other countries of the world . If you spoke of them to me ?
Comments (9)
It has been 38 years since I rode in a train. I went from Denver, Colorado, to Kansas City, MO. with my daughter of one year. The country side was lovely as it was summer time.
Il n'y a pas si longtemps que sa la dernière fois que j'ai pris le train. Ici au Canada sa s'appelle VIA Rail et traverse tout le pays. Malgré que ce n'est pas le très gros luxe, ce n'est pas si mal. Et ont voit le paysage qui est très beau.
Tha last train i took was the TGV,it is real fast but you don't have dreams.
I think the Orient- Express IS going again but as touristic attraction.
Ciao
In England we have quite a few steam trains which are survivors of the past. These are run daily by volunteers [and in uniforms etc.] On rare occasions the famous Flying Scotsman is here too. They are great fun and the are THRIVING too
sunnyron
Justement je prend le train samedi en direction d'Ottawa, la capitale du Canada. J'y déménage, je vais chercher du boulot. Et comme l'a mentionné rickymen, c'est VIA Rail.
Sounds like some lovely pictures. I would love to see them posted on Xanga and I am sure I am not the only one
International training is nice. We made a tour from Zoetermeer to Hof in Germany, taking the international trains (Not TGV's) I will look up the information and will write about it in time. Love, Bianca.
About the TGV: they are building "right in our back yard", as people say it here - a new train track, to let the Thalys go fast from Amsterdam to Paris. When all is finished, the trip will take 3 hours...
In 1985 I took a train from Kansas City, Missouri to Los Angles, California. A herd of Horses galloped alongside us when we passed through southern Colorado. My two sons were 7 and 8 yrs old then.
Thanks for sending me that post. I have seen many films about the Orient Express and would very much like to have traveled on it, but the cost was far too much. My claim to fame is a rail journey from Cape Town, South Africa to Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, that's the longest rail journey I have made, which was three days. Unfortunately I have no photos of that trip as I was a young man, barely 19 years old. I had gone straight from school to join the colonial police. ~ Tim
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