Take a Little Train Ride in the Mountains with Me (Patreon)

[ETA: The above video, evidently, is less that 30 seconds. Here's a link to the Youtube private video.

Here it is! It's five minutes. ]

I totally got my days mixed up. I thought today was Sunday (it's Monday), so the usual Sunday Night Blog is a tad late. I wanted to share some of the train ride we took the other day. Richard wasn't in a good mood and didn't even take his camera out of his bag, so I just took a few videos on my phone. Per usual, nothing fancy and my imovie-making chops have not improved at all. But I think you can feel the retro + nature vibe a little.. Here's a link to the railway, by the way: OIgawa Railway .

My friend told me after I got back that the railway and this train specifically made the news recently and part of the story was that a lot of foreigners have started visiting and taking the old trains. On the way there, we drove by a group of three foreign women who were getting off a bus all wide eyed and excited (so cute!), and I wondered if they might be heading where we were heading. Didn't see them there, so maybe not. Or they got lost. That would suck. it wasn't so long ago that NO ONE rode this train. I've been a half dozen times and on much finer days. At that time, there were maybe six people in the entire train. The day Richard and I went (the above video) there was a nice group of older couples and families taking in the autumn weather and foliage and enjoying the 以外 noisy train.

Enjoy! XO,

terrie