" We started flirting in Mongolia. We kissed in Siberia, somewhere on the train."
Feb 17, 2025•17 min•Ep. 2
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Episode description
Frenchwoman Marie-Claire Martineau and American traveler Elaine Comerford were thrown together by fate on board the Trans-Siberian Railway in the summer of 1991. Here's how that serendipitous railway journey turned into a decades-spanning romance.
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