Oh wow - I absolutely love this post and I cant wait to read part two! I too traveled all over Europe by rail on my first trip to continental Europe in 1999. I was about the same age as you were when you took your trip, and my boyfriend (now husband!) was the only person who would go with me. We traveled for a month and it was life-changing, in a way that only someone who has experienced it can truly understand. Reading your story - while a bit different than mine - brought back so many wonderful memories. I loved hearing about your trip and how different travel was back then (it was different in 1999 too - paper train schedules, not much internet available, and certainly no cell phones), but yet how much the beauty of travel has stayed the same - meeting people, experiencing different people, food, and cultures, visiting beautiful architectural and historical sites, and as you so perfectly said, developing “empathy, tolerance and understanding of other cultures.” This is the exa
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