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...novelty, the excitement and the fun of this mad ride...with magnificent mountains before and around me, their lofty peaks smiling down on us, and never a frown on their grand faces." More than a century later, the Rockies still smile down on passengers traveling across Canada aboard VIA Rail's Canadian, which now takes a more northerly route through British Columbia and Alberta...
...elegant paneled dining car, its tables covered with crisp linen and set with silver, china and glassware, comes from another, golden era of train travel, but it is alive and well aboard the American Orient Express, the only private luxury train in North America. From March through November this year, you can choose from five regional itineraries or select a transcontinental rail journey, either from Washington to Los Angeles or across Canada between Vancouver and Montreal. The cost ranges from $2,490 to $6,990. There's a saving of $300 if you reserve six months in advance...
Charles Darwin was a lackluster student whose disinterest, first in medicine and then in divinity, disappointed his father. But as the unpaid naturalist aboard H.M.S. Beagle, he was overcome with a rapacious curiosity that inspired him to make keen observations and meticulous notes, which he developed into theories that changed the course of scientific thought...
...moments are more emblematic of the quixotic campaign of Bill Bradley than his ride aboard a commuter ferry across Puget Sound on the final day of a poignant effort to win a primary somewhere, anywhere. With one hand clutching a cup of coffee, the other jammed into his pocket, he faced straight ahead like any other harried commuter hoping to get to his office without having to make eye contact so early in the morning...
...Foxwoods, set on the Mashantucket Pequot reservation. The first thing one notices coming down the drive is that there is no parking, save that almost a mile away from the casino entrance. A shuttle bus driver watches me park my car and kindly waits for me to come aboard. But I'd rather walk. Despite the indecent hour and the fundamental indecency of gaming, there are some decent things about the Connecticut casino experience. The people who work for the casinos are the first to come to mind...