I like your story about the bags on the train. My mother harkde back for years to how she had once been very firmly told "It's bums save seats, not bags."

Thank you all for your positive responses to my trip report. We do enjoy travelling, and hope we can meet each of you in interesting places.

Thanks for sharing a wonderful report. wish I could say it will be useful for my next trip, but, unfortunately there are none in the works for now--broke.