Malia Yoshioka is a freelance Food & Travel Writer and ESL Tutor from Hawaii. She's slowly eating her way around the world, 43 countries and counting so far! Get behind the scenes news, travel tips and the best food stories from around the web in her weekly Savor the Journey newsletter.
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The View from the Rails 🚂
Published 3 months ago • 4 min read
👋 Greetings from my next train adventure, a 13-hour day aboard the Amtrak Northeast Regional train from Richmond, Virginia to Boston, Massachusetts!
I've been rediscovering how much I love watching the scenery change out the window of a long-distance train and how much I love the people watching (and eavesdropping!) I can do from inside my roomy seat.
I also love a historic old train station, like the Main Street Station (above) in Richmond, VA
I’ll be spending the weekend in Boston and then it’s up to Canada next week, starting with Montreal for a few days before heading to Quebec City for the TBEX Conference.
Any tips or recommendations for what I should see, do, or (most importantly) EAT? Hit reply and let me know!
🚂 Next stop, Boston!
(As always, if you want to follow along, the highlights will be over on Instagram.)
Do you know any dishes, restaurants or food-related festivals near Amtrak, VIA Rail or Brightline stops that are worth traveling for?
Do you have questions about train travel? I'm working on some posts and freebies to help with that!
👉 Hit reply and let me know what's stopping you from traveling by train?
📣 New on Shoyu Sugar
🚂 Amtrak Coast Starlight Southbound: Portland to LA
Well this isn’t new, but all the train travel I’ve been doing since touching down back in the USA one month ago has made me nostalgic.
Here’s a piece I wrote back in 2014 about the 30 hour journey from Portland to LA on the Amtrak Coast Starlight.
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My friend Melanie (who was graciously hosting me this past week!) reports on the wine scene in Richmond, VA for Richmond Magazine.
On a recent trip to South Carolina’s Mushroom Mountain, writer—and experienced forager—Nevin Martell steps into an otherworldly shroomiverse.
In Lutruwita/Tasmania, an Aboriginal-owned and operated food business is dishing up a rare opportunity to learn about local Palawa culture—and they’re defining Aboriginal Tasmanian bush food for the world.
🍽 If you had to pick a dish to represent you, where would it be from? (Hit reply, I’d love to hear what you’d pick!)
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Malia Yoshioka is a freelance Food & Travel Writer and ESL Tutor from Hawaii. She's slowly eating her way around the world, 43 countries and counting so far! Get behind the scenes news, travel tips and the best food stories from around the web in her weekly Savor the Journey newsletter.
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