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The journey matters [413]

The journey matters [413]

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A smartly dressed baggage handler wrangles a row of suitcases stood on the platform next to the stationary carriages of the Orient Express.

I once had the fortune of embarking on a journey aboard the illustrious Orient Express. From the very outset, I couldn't shake the sense of being an impostor. A pretender amidst a throng of individuals, some as it turned out, also on their ‘journey of a lifetime’.

It took a day of traversing the expanse between Venice and Paris for me to settle into the …

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