Jaunted

Now don't get all sad over it, as we almost did. This train is a mere shadow of its former opulent self; service was cut years ago when the highspeed TGV began, and now this Orient Express only runs between Strasbourg and Vienna—hardly an "orient express" at all. The grand meals in dining cars are gone, the original Pullman cars are gone, and indeed even the passengers have gone, abandoning the train as it abandoned its history throughout the years.

And still—that Orient Express we saw in Venice? It's sticking around! That's the Venice Simplon Orient Express, a totally different one which runs better routes to Paris, Budapest, and even Istanbul still. Now don't forget there's still the American Orient Express, and the Eastern Orient Express, and the Pullman Orient Express...

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[Photo: Train Chartering]