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Musical Roads

January 16, 2015 by Helena Day Breese

IMG_4847Yes, there are roads that play tunes! I didn’t believe it either when I heard about them, but when I discovered that one of these  rare roads – only half a dozen are known to exist in the entire world – could be found in Lancaster, California and that it played part of the William Tell Overture, I had to drive out to hear it for myself! INCLUDES VIDEO

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Trains with Names

August 18, 2014 by Helena Day Breese 2 Comments

SurflinerStationI love the fact that in America, trains have names. It’s true that trains do have names in other parts of the world too, but here in California people actually use them. For instance, if you are heading down the coast by train, you don’t talk about catching the 9:55 Los Angeles to San Diego. You board the Pacific Surfliner. INCLUDES  VIDEO
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helenaphotoHello and welcome to my Blog. I grew up in London and even after 25 years of living in California, I’m still amazed that oranges grow in my garden, not a drop of rain falls for months on end, that there are bears and mountain lions in the wilderness just a few miles away and trains have names like the “Pacific Surfliner.”

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