Punit’s Reviews > Against the Flow: Wading Through Eastern Europe > Status Update

"[In Eastern Europe] Journeys passed slowly, sometimes very slowly, but peacefully: the peace of authentic train noises, rattling wheels, the whoosh of tunnels, the screech of brakes, an occasional tooting whistle; a peace long ago banished from British railways by personal music systems, mobile phones, laptops and busybody witterings from train staff."