It’s Day 14 and today I say adieu to the ‘City of Lights’ and head to fabled Venice and in doing, get to tick off one of my ultimate bucket list dreams, which and overnight journey to Venice on the “Spy Express”. My inaugural journey aboard the Orient Express takes the classic route from Paris to Venice, the gateway to the Orient. This breathtaking journey travels through rural French farmlands, past Italian lakes, and Swiss Alpine valleys.
For most of us the name ‘Orient Express’ conjures up images of romance, intrigue, adventure, and even murder. “Kings and crooks, millionaires and refugees, big-game hunters and smugglers, prima donnas and courtesans traveled on it; tycoons and financiers clinched their deals across its sumptuous dining tables; diplomats, spies, and revolutionaries on board the train moved secretively to their moments of history.”
But to me if you were to single out just one entity that encapsulated the old ‘romance of travel’ it’s got to be the Orient Express.
Join Roberts on an unforgettable Round the World adventure with me Paul G Roberts in his “80DAYS” 80 Episode escapade.
Timecodes
00:00 – Series titles
00:40 – Boarding the Venice Simplon ‘Orient Express’
01:07 – Assessing the great travel options of the world
01:54 – On board The Orient Express
04:02 – Train route map
05:14 – “A passenger has died…”
09:40 – The Orient Express in film
15.30 – The price ?
16:36 – The story of the Orient Express
19:30 – On board the famous train
26:23 – Arriving in Venice
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This solo one man odyssey, was crafted in the shadow of Jules Verne’s immortal prose ‘Around the World in 80 Days’, but more than a nod to literary genius—it is an homage to the insatiable human thirst for discovery.
A thirst some poetically inclined termed ‘Wanderlust’.
In my grand narrative of no less than 80 episodes, the world unfolds as a tapestry of cultures and wonders, we are reminded that the true wealth of life is not in the jingle of coins or the accolades of society. It is in the bonds we forge, the love that we kindle amidst the whirlwind of our pursuits.
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