The 10:34 to Marseilles The 14:57 to Nice    If this first rail trip is any indication, it might be that my previous experiences with Eurail already represent a bygone era.    The first clue was that the Marseille train lacked both a club car or even a beverage cart. Not that I had planned to pop […]

   I have never booked a flight that had more than one connection. I think if I were ever forced to board, say, three planes in one day, I would go the room where the TSA stores all the loaded firearms they’ve collected from carry-ons that day, pick one and then blow my brains out. It would have to, of course, be a gun with the safety already off, since I don’t know what a safety even looks like.