Travel Stories & Ideas

By Carly Faghy
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January 15, 2026
In our quest to see more of the world, we’ve accidentally stopped actually looking at it. We’ve all become experts at the "hop", that disorienting leap from an airport lounge in one city to a taxi rank in another. We’ve been conditioned to think that the faster we get somewhere, the more "holiday" we have. We wake up at 3:00 AM, navigate the fluorescent-lit chaos of airport security, and spend hours in a cramped seat just to "save time." But by the time we actually hit the beach or the mountains, we’re so frazzled we spend the first two days just trying to remember how to relax! What if the travel itself became the experience? Imagine exploring the whole of Italy or the Canadian Rockies stress-free—no maps, no city traffic, and no white-knuckling the steering wheel thinking, "I need a holiday to recover from this holiday." Here’s why rail is, quite possibly, the most rewarding way to see the planet:








