Business Insider's reporter took the most expensive trip of her life to spend three nights in Europe, including a night on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, the ultimate luxury train.
The return of the sleeper train from Berlin to Paris is a reminder of the romance of railways that has long inspired writers, musicians and filmmakers. On Monday, a number of government ministers were on hand as the first Berlin-Paris night train in nine years left the German capital on its 10-hour journey to Paris.