Thursday, October 21, 2010

Adventure on a sleeper train!

So after waiting around Florence for like 5 hours (gross from a day of bike riding) it was time to catch our sleeper train to Munich.  It was suppose to be from 10pm-6:30am. 

It was the first sleeper train for both of us so we weren't quite sure what to expect, but we figured we're together, so it'll be fine!  The train was a little late, so there was some chaos getting on and finding out compartment, but we did.  Each compartment has 6 beds (3 bunked on each side).  Emily and I were on very top bunk across from each other.  On bottom bunk was a mother and her young son, and nobody was in the middle bunk.  So we definately lucked out on train roomies!!!  I think they were also happy to see two traveling girls and not creepers! 

At first we thought we got ripped by having top bunk, but soon realized it was the best because there is a large area to store all of your stuff (and I had accumulated A LOT by this point), and nobody could bother you since you were so high up.  There was a lock on the door so others couldn't get in, so I felt good about sleeping! 

When we first got on it was like pressure cooker hot!  I mean REALLY distgustingly hot!  Then through the night as we went through the mountains it got cooler then colder.  Luckily they have clean blankets and stuff!  I have to say I got an AWESOME night's sleep on that thing because it rocked me to sleep like a baby!  When we arrived in Munich at 6:30 am I didn't want to wake up and get off!  Overall good sleeper train experience!!!!

We caught a train to Schweinfurt and were back in our barracks beds by 10:30 am, which were soooo comfortable after 9 days of travel!!!
Emily not sure what we've gotten ourselves into right after getting on train.

It was really hot and I wasn't sure what was going on still.

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