tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post7456560030806892742..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Train to ValenciaBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-81794211964809511292017-05-26T02:16:16.398-05:002017-05-26T02:16:16.398-05:00You are so right, Will! I have traveled across Can...You are so right, Will! I have traveled across Canada on the train--well, from Vancouver to Montreal at least--and that was also a memorable experience, but recalling it highlights the differences. In Canada you see thousands of miles of nearly empty landscape with hardly a sign of human habitation. But in Spain, areas of forest are few with the vast majority of the landscape in intensive cultivation. I just wish I had a few more pictures!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-49259975813769058462017-05-25T22:22:17.189-05:002017-05-25T22:22:17.189-05:00You will remember that train ride for the rest of ...You will remember that train ride for the rest of your life! There are certain moments in travel that make indelible impression on the visitor. I can tell you had one when you reflected on the 3000+ years of civilization in Spain (fleetingly brief compared to our evolutionary prehistory) and the look of virtually all the land being put to human use. Those kind of insights become part of your personality, part of your life experience and understanding of what we are as a species in time and place.Will Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997868915978439364noreply@blogger.com