On the trail of the orient express

摘要

Daybreak, and we're parked outside the Gare de l'Est, one of six major railway stations that serve Paris. Nothing particularly unusual about that, perhaps, except for the cars we're driving: a pair of California-registered Hyundai Genesis sedans, both loaded 4.6-literV-8s.We're a long way from Orange County, Toto. And we're about to go farther.rnThe Gare de l'Est is where the famed Orient Express train began its journey. We've all heard of the Orient Express: It was featured in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel''Dracula'' and was the setting for Agatha Christie's 1934 thriller, "Murder on the Orient Express'.' James Bond rode it in "From Russia With Love!' It's become a pop-culture icon.