For a long time, the rise of high-speed trains and budget airlines appeared to threaten the notion of romantic rail travel. But I wanted to see what slow travel means to people all over the world and what long-distance trains still have to offer the modern-day traveller. I threaded through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia before arriving in Moscow to board the Godfather of trains – the Trans-Mongolian to Beijing. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Trans-Siberian train windowOnce the train had jolted out of Moscow, I slid into a red booth and tucked into a slightly faggy-tasting pork escalope draped in dill. Often, an unavoidable side effect of long-distance train travel is finding yourself at the mercy of awkward timetables.

Source: The Guardian January 12, 2020 06:56 UTC