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First a Sidebar: Studying the map on our approach to Wichita, I realized we were within about 30 miles from the 1888 birthplace of my paternal Grandfather. And so, we began our day by heading southeast of Wichita to the once thriving settlement of Rosalia, Kansas. There isn’t much left of this unincorporated town, mostly a few dirt streets and ramshackle and/or closed-up buildings. But there was a school and a post… Read More
Of course, at the center of it all, is the trains. They are running everywhere around you – but you never seem to see the same train twice. The Miniatur Wunderland is a lot more than model trains, anything you imagine can probably be found within this massive display – but more on that in a moment. My husband is crazy about model trains. He has meticulously restored and maintained, vintage Lionel… Read More
Today started out as a relaxing day of train travel to Venice. No rush in the morning as we had breakfast at our hotel and then left Salzburg in the rain to head south. We are all looking forward to meeting our daughter in Venice the following day. Our train to Venice was 9 minutes late getting into Rosenheim (Germany), where we had what we thought was a 17 minute timespan to change trains. Once… Read More
Up at dawn and off to the train station for our earliest morning of the entire trip (and I’m glad it’s just one). We had some pretty scenery today as we rolled towards Hitler’s birthplace of Linz, Austria for our first railroad quick-change. It all went off without a hitch and we traveled the last hour into Salzburg smoothly. We knew the main train station in Salzburg was under construction and it… Read More
