By Robert Emslie
While relegated today to being one step above walking, coach travel was once ubiquitous and – as evidenced by this photo – quite the event. The passengers waiting to board this Five Star Golden Eagle are literally given the red carpet treatment, and are greeted by their driver, who is dressed as nattily as any airline pilot, and their stewardess who is equally professionally attired. Oh what a time it must have been.
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I’ll just leave this here.
Please talk me out of this!
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/ODAwWDYwMA==/z/~RAAAOSw~gRVyV3R/$_27.JPG
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/calgary/lada-nivia-4×4/1093923023?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
At $1000 OBO, it might even be in my price range!
I cannot in good conscience allow you to not buy this vehicle.
…or best offer?
https://streats.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/dsc_0190.jpg
The copper/gold colour comes very close to what I consider perfect car paint…I know it’s not particularly sophisticated, but it warms my heart.
The метеор (Meteor) hydrofoil we took in St. Petersburg still had well-dressed stewardesses taking tickets. Plane seats and what must have been a posh interior in the 60s came with them as well.
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They still run these and the related Voskhods to some of the closer-in Greek islands:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Hydrofoil_near_Piraeus.JPG/1024px-Hydrofoil_near_Piraeus.JPG
They’re known officially as “flying dolphins” but actually referred to as the Σκουλήκι (Skouliki), or Worm…
Cool, thanks for the info! There were some in Norway, too, but they’re out of service. Katamaran speed boats are more efficient.
Oh, yes, no life boats on the Russian version.
And then this showed up for sale in the Hemmings:
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/08/12/hemmings-find-of-the-day-1973-saab-96/
http://assets.blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2015/07/45657704-770-0.jpg
Looks like a roasted football on that plate.