Welcome back, you :) I am not fond of traveling by aeroplanes either, but it is often the only way I can travel in and out of Australia :3
Trains are much, much better, I think. MUCH BETTER.
And now you are back home, I look forward to seeing more posts from you again :D :D :D
Yes, the long trips are almost impossible without flying. But who knows how things are working ten years from now? Maybe it will be both more environmentally clean and comfortable - I know that they are working hard on new solutions here. But for the time being I will travelling more locally. There are many things I would like to see in my neighbouring countries anyway, so Sweden, Norway, France and maybe England are on the list.
I will start making things here again soon, and I also plan to be more active on the network as such.