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After spending an hour in the ticket line to find that our train was sold out that night and the next two, we spent another two hours waiting just to get information about other possible routes. Theoretically, you didn’t need to stand in line. You took numbers, like at a deli counter, and sat down until yours flashed on the screen. Unfortunately, the paper numbers ran out and the ticket area became chaos...
After another hour in a sort-of line, having shoved a few pushy Italians out of our way, we reached the ticket counter again. There, we faced the yells of a disgruntled employee telling us that we couldn’t buy tickets for international travel now and would have to come back at 7 a.m. the next morning. Never mind that next to us, two other Americans had just bought their tickets to Paris. Exhausted, despondent, without a hostel for the night, and faced with the thought of returning to these same lines in only eight hours, we collapsed...
...awoke and saw that, contrary to the yelling angry worker’s information, ticket sales were beginning at 6:30 and a line had already formed. By 7 we had tickets booked, although for about 24 hours of travel, since all of the express trains were full. We were jubilant...
...reaction in the train station was more than just a yearning for the comforts of home, where everyone speaks English and buying a train ticket isn’t a journey into purgatory. In part it may have been nostalgia; I hadn’t heard most of those songs in years. They were, after all, the bad songs of past decades...
...Another plus for those of you looking to do a little shopping Stateside: While Brunei?s auction is winding down, leaving only a few big-ticket items still up for sale, my sell-off is still in the planning phases, so you have plenty of time to arrange your schedule. And looking back over my potential offerings, it?s clear to me that I?m going to have to advertise my upcoming sale very carefully. We certainly don?t want a stampede...