Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them

[liferstate@mas.to]

@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!

[sindarina@ngmx.com]

@skinnylatte London

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@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.

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

I’m in Arizona!

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

Looked at ‘notable people’ for Kingman, AZ:

- a serial killer
- Timothy McVeigh & friends

(Closes tab..)

[ashedryden@xoxo.zone]

@skinnylatte have you ever considered writing a travel memoir?

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

Somewhere near Flagstaff

#Amtrak #SouthwestChief #Trains #Transit #Arizona #Flagstaff

[k3ym0@infosec.exchange]

@skinnylatte I can smell this picture, and it smells beautiful

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

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

[jer@hachyderm.io]

@skinnylatte wait, you got Berlin coffee from a Korean coffee shop in LA?

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

@jer yep!

[middleclasstool@phire.place]

@skinnylatte I'm going to need more information about this portable kettle

[jer@hachyderm.io]

@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)

[randomgeek@masto.hackers.town]

@skinnylatte hello from AZ time! I am told the current weather is warmer than usual. Stay cool!

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

@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

[srdas@mastodon.online]

@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.

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

I’ll know that I’ve reached a new phase in life when I start traveling with one of these in addition to my travel kettle

It would be so nice to have my good tea leaves with me and one of these

[amenonsen@flipping.rocks]

@skinnylatte We discovered these recently, but also found (a) teabag-style bags of coffee (no tearing, no handles, just immerse), (b) empty pourover bags with handles into which one can spoon coffee powder. Lots of variety, and more ways to make a mess!

I'm away from home for the next week or so, I'm seeing if I can do without any coffee at all this time.

[samir@mastodon.functional.computer]

@skinnylatte More of these, definitely! The Barn makes great coffee (but underpays its employees), and I think there’s a specialty roaster in the UK that makes these, but that’s about it for Europe.

[arratoon@beige.party]

@skinnylatte My wife and I once made a cup of tea with our travel kettle while we were waiting around at Schipol Airport.