GET ON BOARD
I’m happy I chose to cross the USA by train--if for no reason other than to see the faces of Americans when I tell them.
Beppe Severgnini is a columnist for Italy’s largest circulation daily newspaper, Corriere della Sera. A longtime Italian correspondent for the Economist, he is a frequent contributor to the New York Times. Among his books are La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind, Mamma Mia!: Berlusconi’s Italy Explained for Posterity and Friends Abroad, and the international bestseller Ciao, America!: An Italian Discovers the U.S. His newest book is Off the Rails: A Train Trip Through Life. He lives with his family outside of Milan.