Over the past couple of weekends I have travelled over 700 miles on trips to Boston, Massachusetts (6 hours) and New York, NY (4 hours) (blogs on those amazing trips will be posted while I am relaxing at home over the Thanksgiving holiday)!The idea of travelling that many miles on British Rail is HORRENDOUS but the Amtrack trains were a world away from their English equivalent. The seats were super wide and fully reclinable with foot rests, leg rests and trays. There were several guards who carefully controlled what was going on on their train and where people sat. I felt totally safe and relaxed the whole time. Rather than wishing the journey over, the train travel was one of the best parts of the trip. I would thoroughly recommend this experience to all my fellow Fulbrighters in the USA.
