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Slow Trains to Venice
A 4,000-Mile Adventure Across Europe
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Do you love trains and adventure? If so, join Tom Chesshyre on his meandering rail journey across Europe from London to Venice.
Escaping the rat race for a few happy weeks, Chesshyre indulges in the freedom of the tracks with no set plans. As the trains lead the way, his trip takes him as far east as Ukraine before winding back to his destination.
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Do you love trains? Do you love adventure? If so, join Tom Chesshyre on his meandering rail journey across Europe from London to Venice.
Escaping the rat race for a few happy weeks, Chesshyre indulges in the freedom of the tracks. From France, dogged by rail worker strikes, through Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Poland, he travels as far east as Odessa by the Black Sea in Ukraine. With no set plans, simply a desire to let the trains lead the way, he heads back via Hungary, the Balkans, and Austria.
Along the way, he enjoys many encounters, befriending fellow travellers as well as a conductor or two.
Slow Trains to Venice is a love letter to Europe, written from the trackside.
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Slow Trains to Venice by Tom Chesshyre has been praised for its lively exploration of Europe's railways, serving as both a delightful travelogue and a poignant commentary on the continent's current challenges. Critics appreciate Chesshyre's ability to capture the joys of slow travel while reflecting on broader themes of European unity in a period of uncertainty. The book is described as engaging, entertaining, and imbued with nostalgia, prompting readers to long for their own train journeys through Europe's scenic and historic routes.
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ISBN: 9781787832992
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 August 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Summersdale Publishers
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 220g
Pages: 320
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About the Author
Tom Chesshyre is the author of thirteen travel books. He has travelled more than 40,000 miles around the world for his train books, which have included Slow Trains Around Spain: A 3,000-Mile Adventure on 52 Rides and Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys. His book writing has also taken him across North Africa after the Arab Spring, round the "dark side" of the Maldives on cargo ships, along the length of the River Thames, around the Lake District on a long hike, and on a journey through "unsung Britain" (for To Hull and Back). He worked on the travel desk of The Times for 21 years and is now freelance, contributing to the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday and The New European magazines. He lives in London.
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