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I recommend this site, 'The Man in Seat 61', as an essential resource for everyone trying to book long-distance train travel all over the world: http://www.seat61.com/ It's difficult in North America, especially from Canada, whose trains are getting worse and worse and seem to be deliberately disconnected from the Amtrack network too. When I was back in the UK, I used to take the train to European conferences, especially the excellent overnight trains that go from Paris to Madrid, Milan, Berlin, Vienna etc. That way you don't arrive any later than if you take the plane plus you get a good night's sleep (I like sleeping on trains, I find it very relaxing) and overnight trains often have a bar and restaurant car and you get to meet a whole range of interesting people. David. David Murakami Wood Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Surveillance Studies, Surveillance Studies Centre, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Cross-appointed in Department of Geography, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. [log in to unmask] On 2012-08-30, at 9:30 AM, Susan Ruddick wrote: > Hi Everyone > > I was curious given the amount of air travel we do as geographers how many people have considered taking the train (which can be a working trip with laptop) to various conference destinations (I am thinking in particular of the upcoming AAG for geographers who live in North America) > > just curious > > Sue