Showing posts with label Orient Express. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orient Express. Show all posts

Saturday, September 30, 2023

Stalking The Orient Express By Maria Hudgins



I love Murder on the Orient Express. 

I have read the book more than once, seen the 1974 movie starring Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot, seen the 2017 movie starring Kenneth Branagh as the same character, and in my own travels I have stalked the train (or what's left of it) itself. In the early 20th century the Orient Express carried the well-heeled of Europe from Paris to Istanbul in high style. Today, the Venice Simplon-Orient Express now owned by Belmond, takes well-heeled tourists from London to Venice in nostalgic Art Deco luxury.


Old Ideas by Judy Fowler

              We are at the dinner table, circa 1959. My brother Steve, tired of fielding criticism from Dad, joins him in that  pecking...