train travel
"Train travel is like spending time in an airport lounge (though the feeling is not the same now, with too many channels of communication available). You are, to a certain extent cut-off from the world and suspended in a space where the focus is more on the moment than what is ahead or was behind."
"Train travel is like time travel - the hours slip by with the miles, leaving us with nothing but our thoughts."
"Train travel is like meditation. I can spend hours daydreaming during my journey; I read, stare out of the windows or into nothingness and finally fall asleep to the somewhat reassuring clacking of the wheels."
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