Isn't it awesome? We're already past Memorial Day—when people begin hardcore planning for their summer getaways, if they're not already packed—and we haven't heard anything more about "staycations." Does this mean the economy is recovering and it's okay to take big, exotic vacations again? Let's hope so! The word "staycation," last year's favorite term amongst newscasters and traditional media, is officially over.
That is, until we stumbled into a Chicago pasta joint recently and spotted the above poster on the wall. This vintage ad for Britain's Great Western Railway dares to compare the region of Cornwall with the whole of Italy, boasting that "There is a great similarity between Cornwall and Italy. Both in shape, climate & natural beauties." Considering that this poster was made in 1907, we highly doubt that Cornwall had much over Italy, but it was probably effective in convincing Britons to take a "staycation" versus the Grand Tour.
We mean, the English Channel is hardly the Mediterranean, no matter which way you look at it. That said, Amtrak could learn a thing or two from this, but then we'd be stuck looking at comparisons between Italy and Florida.
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· GWR Archive [Great Western Railway Archive]
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