Tales from the Dining Car. Chapter 1.

(From my ‘travel blog’ series, documenting by trip from Toronto, Canada to Mexico City by land.) He had shaggy blond hair that flowed out of his cowboy hat and piercing blue eyes.  He was clean-shaven, had a slender built and couldn’t have been older than 25.  He wore a stripped shirt that he tucked intoContinueContinue reading “Tales from the Dining Car. Chapter 1.”

Three hours in Chicago 🔊

(From my ‘travel blog’ series, documenting by trip from Toronto, Canada to Mexico City by land.) On the way down to Austin, the train stopped in Chicago for about three and half hours – just enough time to meander through the downtown core.  This is the resulting sound walk: an aural glimpse of Chicago.  You’llContinueContinue reading “Three hours in Chicago 🔊”

Twenty-four hours in Detroit 🔊

(From my ‘travel blog’ series, documenting by trip from Toronto, Canada to Mexico City by land.) They call it the People Mover, Detroit’s automated transit system that moves above ground on a single set of tracks.  It’s a lot like Vancouver’s SkyTrain, but Detroit’s People Mover is less of a convenient mode of public transportationContinueContinue reading “Twenty-four hours in Detroit 🔊”