Train Anecdotes
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astra_nomerMore anecdotes from my holiday travels.
We took an overnight train to travel between DC and Chicago. I went ahead and splurged on a room with a bathroom, which turns out to be really useful when you are traveling with two small children sans spouse, because you don't have to worry about where to stash the kids when you have to use the bathroom, whether it be in the usual sense of the phrase or to deal with a severe bout of motion sickness.
DS1 got it into his head that he and his little brother would share the upper (narrower) bunk, sleeping facing opposite ends, just like the Pig kids do in "What Do People Do All Day" by Richard Scarry. However, DS2 did not get the memo and kicked DS1 until he was forced to come down. Poor DS1 was stuck in the role of being the more mature one and agreed to share the lower bunk with me. On the return trip, I somehow managed to get DS2 to sleep below without him throwing a huge fit, so DS1 did get his turn at the top bunk in the end.
We also somehow managed to end up with the same train crew on both trips, and both the dining car server and the sleeping car attendant recognized us as we boarded the train on the return journey. That was pretty nifty.
If it weren't for the expense and amount of time it takes, I'd opt to travel by train all the time.
We took an overnight train to travel between DC and Chicago. I went ahead and splurged on a room with a bathroom, which turns out to be really useful when you are traveling with two small children sans spouse, because you don't have to worry about where to stash the kids when you have to use the bathroom, whether it be in the usual sense of the phrase or to deal with a severe bout of motion sickness.
DS1 got it into his head that he and his little brother would share the upper (narrower) bunk, sleeping facing opposite ends, just like the Pig kids do in "What Do People Do All Day" by Richard Scarry. However, DS2 did not get the memo and kicked DS1 until he was forced to come down. Poor DS1 was stuck in the role of being the more mature one and agreed to share the lower bunk with me. On the return trip, I somehow managed to get DS2 to sleep below without him throwing a huge fit, so DS1 did get his turn at the top bunk in the end.
We also somehow managed to end up with the same train crew on both trips, and both the dining car server and the sleeping car attendant recognized us as we boarded the train on the return journey. That was pretty nifty.
If it weren't for the expense and amount of time it takes, I'd opt to travel by train all the time.
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Date: 2007-01-04 03:49 am (UTC)We had a roomette, but ours actually had a toilet and sink. Weirdly, the toilet was just out in the open in our tiny room, so if one of us wanted to use it, the other had to go take a stroll. It was really pretty gross, actually. I'm glad they've rethought that idea.
I'm curious, though, how the toilet/shower combo works. Does the toilet just get wet when you take a shower?
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Date: 2007-01-04 02:31 pm (UTC)The toilet/shower combo is a basically a tiny toilet stall with a shower head in it. The toilet paper has a metal cover that opens at the bottom to prevent it from getting wet. You close the toilet lid, turn on the shower, and go to town. I didn't actually use the shower this time around, but yeah, if you want to take a shower, you end up with a wet bathroom. Luckily, they provide plenty of towels.