![]() ![]() The next day she rushed to Cook’s travel agent to cancel her tickets to the West Indies, and instead booked tickets for a journey on the Simplon-Orient Express which would see her go to Istanbul from Istanbul to Damascus, and from Damascus to Baghdad, with the intention of visiting an archaeological site in Ur, Syria too. ![]() Christie’s interest in visiting Iraq grew as she heard more about Howe’s travels, and when she discovered that she could travel there on the Orient Express, her mind was made up. She was sat next to a naval officer, Commander Howe, who was telling her about his travels to the enchanting city of Baghdad. Two days prior to her departure Christie was dining with friends in London. Six years later Agatha went in search of a new adventure and booked a trip to the West Indies and Jamaica in search of the sunshine, following the death of her beloved mother and her divorce from Archie. When I had travelled to France or Spain or Italy, the Orient Express had often been standing at Calais and I had longed to climb up into it.Īgatha Christie was no stranger to adventure, having travelled around the world on The Grand Tour with her first husband Archie Christie in 1922, visiting South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and Canada. All my life I had wanted to go on the Orient Express. ![]()
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