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[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/21871782 w=640&h=360] People have asked me how different train travel is in the USA from the UK and Europe.  In this clip you get a flavo(u)r of it by way of the announcements made pre-trip by Nancy our coach car service attendant and the responses from some of my fellow passengers.  I shot this…

Thomas eyes Barack Father teaches Liberty Cherry Blossom Time   I sat for a while on the steps of the memorial to Thomas Jefferson on Sunday, following the line of sight of his statue across the tidal basin, the Washington Monument and the White House in the distance.  Next to me a young girl was…

I'm home.  It's weird.  I'm struggling to string words together when talking to people (I went straight to Tuttle from the airport this morning) partly because I got about 4 hours sleep last night starting at the equivalent of 2am and partly because I haven't spoken to that many people at once for a while,…

smells smoky, can’t wait to taste it 🙂Originally posted on Please Look After This Englishman

Note the lack of any trace of bacon in the leftovers. Originally posted on Please Look After This Englishman

Originally posted on Please Look After This Englishman

I waited until this morning to see whether anything else popped up, but the decision had really become clear last night. I have just got the last tickets on my pass with a lot of help from the excellent ticketing staff at Union Station, Washington. This is how it’s going to go:   I’m going…

Reaching the end, I’m realising how tired I am.  In comes in a few forms: 1.  Ineffective sleep.  Last year I thought it was bad with a 14-hour overnight from DC to Atlanta and the 32-hour marathon from Austin to LA.  So of course I’ve pushed it even further this time.  I’ve spent 7 of…