A sleeper car, one duffel, a thermos of tea. European rail rewards the traveler who has edited their life down to what can be lifted onto a luggage rack.
The Carry-On Philosophy
Two trousers, three tops, one jacket, one knit, shoes you can walk in. A scarf that is also a blanket. Documents in one pouch. The luxury is not more clothes; it is the absence of the carousel and the security tray.
Watch the landscape thicken and thin. Eat the sandwich you packed. Arrive slightly rumpled and entirely intact.