Gracing Graceland

If I was a tourist venue reviewer, I would start this blog post with 5 stars. As a previous professional … More

Memphis – a city which knows its apostrophes

The City of New Orleans train leaves Chicago at 8:05 in the evening, so I slept through the journey through … More

While I was in Chicago, I did many of the things a good tourist should do. I visited The Bean, … More

Leaving Fargo, we entered Minnesota and caught glimpses of farmland usually shrouded in darkness for passengers of the Empire Builder. … More

The Empire Builder train crossed the state line to North Dakota in the early evening, stopping in Williston to take … More

After falling asleep in the eastern part of Washington state, we travelled across the topmost portion of Idaho, crossing that … More

On leaving Seattle the Empire Builder to Chicago travels past the Pugent Sound and through the Cascades mountains on the … More

There had been only one tourist sight on my list of places to see in Seattle, which has however been … More

I re-boarded the Coast Starlight at midnight. Fortunately it was on time, so I didn’t need to wait too long … More

When I wrote my post introducing this trip I realised that I had not written up many of my visits … More