The Orient
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The Orient Express it wasn’t, but every meal hit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
The Orient Express — officially called the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express — has been rolling across Europe for 38 years, before recently being sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2020
The Orient expansion expands the table from 12 cards for purchase to 18.
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2017
The Orient Express was the brainchild of Georges Nagelmackers, a young Belgian businessman and engineer, who traveled on Pullman trains and experienced their renowned sleeping cars during a trip to the United States in 1868.
From Forbes ● Aug. 13, 2014
The Orient Express had started on its three-days’ journey across Europe.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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