Saturday, November 17, 2012

The train ride from H*** Part II and on

So much has happened since that train ride, so I will just give a synopsis and move on.

We get on the train dragging our two hundred pounds of suitcases and I go to the compartment I am suppose to be in and low and behold there are twelve people in this four person compartment.  So I throw my stuff on Twila's upper bunk, only to have the guy who has the bunk tell me it is his and to move it.  During all of this my suitcase is taking up the entire aisle and people are getting frustrated and start walking over my suitcase.  Meanwhile the conductor is trying to steal Twila's bedding and there is a tussle that ensues as he is trying to grab it out of her hands and she is saying no no mine.  Finally she wrenches the bedding out of his hands and sits on it.  He looks at her turns around and takes my bedding.  The next thing I know Twila is sitting on my bedding too.  Thank you sister.

So we finally face the family of twelve and tell them that we have the upper bunk and we need to put our suitcase under the seat.  They are most accommodating and help me place it under the seat then they tell me four of them will be leaving in the next couple of stops so not to worry.

Meanwhile the upper bunk mate of Twila goes and joins them, and the conductor comes and kicks him out of the seat.  All this time I am sitting with Twila watching a rat run from compartment to compartment.

Since I have taken his seat he says do you want the upper bunk?  I say yes and he crawls up into my bunk with the family of twelve.  So Twila and I get the upper and lower together.  Happiness.

Until the person in the compartment next to us drops his dinner on the floor and leaves it there.  At that point in time I think it is best to get as far away from the food as possible. I know where that rat will be while I sleep, yes I do.  With that I took four sleeping pills and prayed for morning.

MS2

4 comments:

  1. it's a good thing that the bed bug outbreak is only in the US!

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  2. Yuccchhh!!! Of course some folks think sleeping with dogs is bad, but what the heck. It's good to know that they feed the rats well.

    Was this supposed to be a first class compartment or ???

    Although I miss you a lot, I'm glad I'm not there.

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