My first long-distance train trip was a bit of a surreal experience. Headed from Avignon to Paris, the TGV (high-speed train) was the best combination of a fast and affordable…
Why Are You Going to Sacramento? 5 Answers
Sam’s beautiful room at HI Sacramento. Image by Sam Wu. It was a pretty common question I was posed when I told people about my trip: Why are you going…
6 Tips for Traveling Sans Flying (Part 2)
Here is the second in a three-part series exploring alternatives to traveling on planes. Photo credit: Boccaccio1 What Go Girl doesn’t love traveling overland, getting up close and personal with the…
Relive the Golden Age of Travel: Orient Express
Travel the Orient Express: a slower, more luxurious pace. Image from albanianjournalism.com. Perhaps one of the reasons that traveling and being a vintage girl go so well together is that…
To Train or Not to Train?
Depending on your destination, you may have no choice but to travel by rail. Some countries, like the U.S., have less convenient railways and are better suited for road-trips or…
Madrid
It was 2004 when I first visited Madrid. I was on a high school trip with the French/Spanish club and our adventure happened to land just weeks after the train…