Subscribe using iTunes Subscribe using Stitcher The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris. Categories: Podcast #Belgium#Constantinople#Europe#France#Paris#Railway#Train#Transport#Transportation#Travel Comments are closed.
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