18 hours on the train gives me lots of time to write
I haven’t posted in a while, and a lot has happened since my last entry. But luckily I have 18 hours of travel during which to fill you in on my doings in Romania. I figure I will start with the beginning (which I think is Monday, June 12) and split it up into several different entries. But just so that you know what is going on right now, I’ll fill you in on that first. I am on the train right now from Cluj-Napoca to Bucuresti (pronounced Bu-cur-esht) with Maggie, Bonnie, and Jack. We will arrive in Bucuresti, the capitol of Romania, at about 6 p.m., and then at 7 p.m. we will board a sleeping car for the 10 hour trip to Sofia, the capitol of Bulgaria. We’ll be in two capitol cities within 12 hours, which is pretty cool if you think about it.
The train we are on right now is kind of interesting. Rather than just having seats in rows like every other train that I have been on, it has compartments (just like the Hogwarts Express!) with eight seats in each one. It is kind of a neat set up, but with 8 people in the compartment it is a bit crowded. Therefore, Bonnie and I are camped out in an empty compartment until someone kicks us out. The scenery that we are passing by is gorgeous. IT is very hilly, and there are people working in fields or tending sheep or cows along either side of the train (unless of course we are passing by a larger town). We have been on the train for almost six hours, and right now we are pulling into the station at Brasov, which means that we have about 2 hours until we get to Bucuresti. I have been keeping track of our route on my map of Romania and Bulgaria (great fun for a geography nerd like me!).
Maggie and Jack in the train compartment
We have stopped in Brasov; so Bonnie and I are back in our proper compartment, just in case. Maggie and I are having a “music exchange”, meaning that she is listening to the fabulous mix CD that Adam made for me before I left, and I am listening to a few of her CDs. Ok, I will get down to work now and tell you what I’ve been up to.
The train we are on right now is kind of interesting. Rather than just having seats in rows like every other train that I have been on, it has compartments (just like the Hogwarts Express!) with eight seats in each one. It is kind of a neat set up, but with 8 people in the compartment it is a bit crowded. Therefore, Bonnie and I are camped out in an empty compartment until someone kicks us out. The scenery that we are passing by is gorgeous. IT is very hilly, and there are people working in fields or tending sheep or cows along either side of the train (unless of course we are passing by a larger town). We have been on the train for almost six hours, and right now we are pulling into the station at Brasov, which means that we have about 2 hours until we get to Bucuresti. I have been keeping track of our route on my map of Romania and Bulgaria (great fun for a geography nerd like me!).
Maggie and Jack in the train compartment
We have stopped in Brasov; so Bonnie and I are back in our proper compartment, just in case. Maggie and I are having a “music exchange”, meaning that she is listening to the fabulous mix CD that Adam made for me before I left, and I am listening to a few of her CDs. Ok, I will get down to work now and tell you what I’ve been up to.
posted by Erin Kay at 7:18 PM
1 Comments:
I think the only really scary thing about those compartments (besides the fact that they get impossibly hot when the air isn't working if some ridiculous person decides that the door ought to remain closed) is having to stare into the faces of the people sitting across from you a good part of the time... especially when you don't know them, which is usually the case. I always wanted to prevent this from happening by having Tom sit across from me, but he always chose to sit next to me instead. Better luck next time I guess. Now it's time for me to read the 3 million other posts I didn't realize were here until just now. Thanks for keeping us (me and everyone else who might be reading this) updated!
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