Friday Five

[brigid]

The Friday Five courtesy of thefridayfive:

1) What is your favorite mode of travel? (Car, train, plane, etc).

Oh man, I love trains so much. I have a serious THING for trains. My current temp job involves riding around Metra (long distance commuter) trains and counting passengers who get on/off at stations and it is SO EFFING COOL.

2) Where is the northernmost place you've traveled? The southernmost?

Northernmost is Toronto, southernmost is Florida Melbourne, Australia.

3) What is the last place you visited for the first time?

Nesko (my husband) and I drove to Dallas/Fort Worth during January about five years ago. Other than that I've been to some distant suburbs of Chicago (where I live) recently, but haven't had very long stopovers.

4) Of all the places you've traveled, which is your favorite?

Melbourne, Australia. Absolutely and definitely. I would love to go back. Maine was really nice, too.

5) Where would you most like to travel to next?

I have several places, actually! Within the US I'd like to visit friends in Boston,MA; Philly,PA; San Diego,CA; Seattle,WA; and Eugene, OR. Oh, and Fort Wayne,IN. Other than that, I'd love to return to Oz, visit New Zealand again, and travel through Montenegro which is the country my husband's family is from.

Comments

[shadowspar]

Hear hear -- love trains! You can stretch out and walk about; you're not stuck driving in the car, crammed in like a sardine on a plane, or subject to the schedule and comfort whims of the bus.

I developed a serious crush on the Japanese rail system while I was there on exchange. Over the course of a year, I swear that I could have counted on one hand the number of times a train was more than a minute late. Every little hamlet seems to have a train station, and from there you can get practically anywhere in the country, even if the first leg of your trip will be on a smoke-belching diesel burner from the 1950s. =)

[kelaino_kalos]

I posit that Melbourne, Australia is much further south than Florida. :)