Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them
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MARTA is fine and gets you to Decatur - which is fantastic for dining and a bit of nightlife. Also, highly recommend heading to Lindbergh MARTA station and then a bus or Uber to Fat Matts Rib Shack for BBQ ribs/chicken, beer and live blues.
@SpaceWrangler thank you!
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Conductor was explaining communal seating in the dining car. Apparently this really shocks people who’ve never ridden the train before.
I recently found a spreadsheet of my train rides around India in 2005
With prices and dates. I used to go on 40-60 day trips! (Stopping several days in each place..)
Will be fun to take screenshots and share that part of my train life
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6. Riding the Southwest Chief to New Mexico (what a name)
It’s sunset soon but I’m pretty sure I’ll wake up to some incredible desert views. I’ve never been south or southwest
The cost of riding this train in coach is usually $78ish between LA and Albuquerque, with highest prices around 200+ if you book super late. But I’m riding it as part of my rail pass
Edit: forgot my Southwest Chief fun fact. This route (which runs LA to Chicago) is pretty much the modern version of the Super Chief. There used to be a San Francisco Chief that did San Francisco to Chicago, between 1954 and 1971
@skinnylatte When it was run by the Santa Fe Railway, it was the Super Chef, inspiration for trippiest Count Basie album cover.
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6. Riding the Southwest Chief to New Mexico (what a name)
It’s sunset soon but I’m pretty sure I’ll wake up to some incredible desert views. I’ve never been south or southwest
The cost of riding this train in coach is usually $78ish between LA and Albuquerque, with highest prices around 200+ if you book super late. But I’m riding it as part of my rail pass
Edit: forgot my Southwest Chief fun fact. This route (which runs LA to Chicago) is pretty much the modern version of the Super Chief. There used to be a San Francisco Chief that did San Francisco to Chicago, between 1954 and 1971
@skinnylatte oh wow, enjoy! You will definitely get some incredible views!
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Conductor was explaining communal seating in the dining car. Apparently this really shocks people who’ve never ridden the train before.
@skinnylatte I've been reading MFK Fisher's memoir The Gastronomical Me, which has a lot of train rides and trans-Atlantic voyages— apparently in the 1920s-30s, the waiter or conductor would simply decide who you should dine with and seat you there. Which could go very well or very poorly!
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Union Station, Los Angeles. Guess where I’m going next?
@skinnylatte London
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I recently found a spreadsheet of my train rides around India in 2005
With prices and dates. I used to go on 40-60 day trips! (Stopping several days in each place..)
Will be fun to take screenshots and share that part of my train life
@skinnylatte I regret not taking notes when I travelled around. You think you'll always remember...and then, a lot of details get overwritten by new ones. It IS fun to look back at adventures.
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I recently found a spreadsheet of my train rides around India in 2005
With prices and dates. I used to go on 40-60 day trips! (Stopping several days in each place..)
Will be fun to take screenshots and share that part of my train life
I’m in Arizona!
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I’m in Arizona!
Looked at ‘notable people’ for Kingman, AZ:
- a serial killer
- Timothy McVeigh & friends(Closes tab..)
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I recently found a spreadsheet of my train rides around India in 2005
With prices and dates. I used to go on 40-60 day trips! (Stopping several days in each place..)
Will be fun to take screenshots and share that part of my train life
@skinnylatte have you ever considered writing a travel memoir?
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Looked at ‘notable people’ for Kingman, AZ:
- a serial killer
- Timothy McVeigh & friends(Closes tab..)
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@skinnylatte I can smell this picture, and it smells beautiful
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I’ve got my Aeropress, but frankly on a train I don’t always want to deal with the whole process.
I have emergency drip coffee bags of good coffee. They seem much more popular in Asia (most Asian specialty coffee places in Taiwan, Singapore, Seoul will carry a variety of these. And in fact I got these from a Korean coffee shop in LA)
#Amtrak #SouthwestChief #Trains #Transit #Arizona #Flagstaff #Coffee
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I’ve got my Aeropress, but frankly on a train I don’t always want to deal with the whole process.
I have emergency drip coffee bags of good coffee. They seem much more popular in Asia (most Asian specialty coffee places in Taiwan, Singapore, Seoul will carry a variety of these. And in fact I got these from a Korean coffee shop in LA)
#Amtrak #SouthwestChief #Trains #Transit #Arizona #Flagstaff #Coffee
@skinnylatte wait, you got Berlin coffee from a Korean coffee shop in LA?
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@skinnylatte wait, you got Berlin coffee from a Korean coffee shop in LA?
@jer yep!
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I’ve got my Aeropress, but frankly on a train I don’t always want to deal with the whole process.
I have emergency drip coffee bags of good coffee. They seem much more popular in Asia (most Asian specialty coffee places in Taiwan, Singapore, Seoul will carry a variety of these. And in fact I got these from a Korean coffee shop in LA)
#Amtrak #SouthwestChief #Trains #Transit #Arizona #Flagstaff #Coffee
@skinnylatte I'm going to need more information about this portable kettle
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@skinnylatte I mean I'm not entirely surprised to see The Barn being sold over there, but still a little bit maybe.
Enjoy it! (the coffee and the trip)
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I’ve got my Aeropress, but frankly on a train I don’t always want to deal with the whole process.
I have emergency drip coffee bags of good coffee. They seem much more popular in Asia (most Asian specialty coffee places in Taiwan, Singapore, Seoul will carry a variety of these. And in fact I got these from a Korean coffee shop in LA)
#Amtrak #SouthwestChief #Trains #Transit #Arizona #Flagstaff #Coffee
@skinnylatte hello from AZ time! I am told the current weather is warmer than usual. Stay cool!
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@skinnylatte I'm going to need more information about this portable kettle
@middleclasstool heh, there are tons of generic ones that all work the same. They’re all Chinese, in the shape of a water bottle. You just plug it in and it boils water very rapidly. They even have all kinds of portable tea sets (like water bottles with a bottom that’s for tea leaves, ones with detachable tea cups..) Chinese people take our travel hot water and tea super seriously
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I’ve got my Aeropress, but frankly on a train I don’t always want to deal with the whole process.
I have emergency drip coffee bags of good coffee. They seem much more popular in Asia (most Asian specialty coffee places in Taiwan, Singapore, Seoul will carry a variety of these. And in fact I got these from a Korean coffee shop in LA)
#Amtrak #SouthwestChief #Trains #Transit #Arizona #Flagstaff #Coffee
@skinnylatte drip coffee bags are so good! I really should get some for emergencies. Aeropress is terrific but a bit cumbersome in process and not always practical.
