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Delphine Roy

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Files from the slow end of the timetable: night trains, coastal paths, and the towns one stop before the one everybody photographs. Ten years of it, in the season each route is written about, which is why the notes on weather are the long ones.

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A straight empty road running towards distant hills

Road Trips

The N2, End to End

A quiet room with a window looking out onto trees at dusk

Stays

A Ryokan, and What to Do With It

A busy market stall with rugs, baskets and an umbrella overhead

Culture

The Souks, Without the Panic

A passport and euro banknotes lying on a printed map

City Guides

What a Week Actually Costs

A narrow Naples alley with washing hung between tall shuttered buildings

City Guides

Naples, Read Vertically

A stone path traversing high above a green mountain valley

Outdoors

A Ridge You Can Do in a Day

The Vltava river curving through Prague with its bridges in line

Slow Travel

Prague on Foot, No Timetable

A road running below a huge dark cliff face beside water

Road Trips

The Coast Road in Bad Weather

A round porthole window looking out onto a street from a dim room

Stays

A Room at the End of the Road

A narrow Lisbon street of tiled and painted facades with a balcony above

Culture

What the Tiles Are Actually For

A motorcycle blurred with motion passing a parked car on a city street

Culture

One Camera, One Lens

A hotel room window with sheer curtains looking out over a city at dawn

Stays

Booking Late on Purpose