There is something about travelling as a couple that creates an insulated environment. Travelling solo is a great way to start talking to strangers.
Germany’s Berlin Hauptbahnhof is an ultra-modern station,well-equipped with food and services within a sleek multi-level structure.
In an era of soaring petrol prices and free rail travel,nothing beats taking the train.
Both a flashback to a glamorous past and a fresh new approach to rail travel,the European Sleeper is a welcome alternative to flying.
As a murderous regime devastated most of Cambodia,one village managed to remain intact.
This busy gateway to Europe is housed within a beautiful building from the golden age of rail travel.
During a cruise on the Mekong River,an excursion proves nourishing in more ways than one.
Vietnam and Cambodia may be countries bristling with energy,but serenity abounds when you swap the rails for the river.
The Corona is a welcome blast from the past,a charming sleeper train with full dining car trundling through the mists of Transylvania.
An impressive survivor from the golden age of rail,this European hub has been updated and modernised for 21st-century travel.