some bad waiters actually seem happy to get
Swedish 20 kronor bills from me... probably
because it's like a novelty to them. :)
I kind of thank the Swedish people for opting
out of the Eurozone. :D
the Amtrak station agent told me "sorry.. not if they are not
the same ticket"(which I fully understand) I got on Hotwire.com
and got a 4-star hotel for $61 for tonight... (after paying for it,
Hotwire revealed that it was the Hyatt Regency downtown,
so not too bad) The Amtrak agent...
well.. what you know.. the SCA showed up at my door just 10 minutes before
my stop and said "aren't you glad the delay is only 4 hours and not 5 hours?"
I smiled and said "we slept sitting upright all night because we didn't know how
to fold down the beds and couldn't find you...we emailed...
I'm on the 1st train and the 2nd train just left, according to Amtrak's train status page. :( (not that I blame the 2nd train... don't think they can wait 4 and half hours)
it's a good thing that I have my family attorney's phone number on speed dial on my phone. I didn't put his name in the contact list, instead, I put "Ambulance" as his name. If I say "Hey, Siri, call Ambulance" then it goes straight to my attorney without me having to touch the phone.
That was the first thing we tried... but after pressing it several times, nothing happened... that's when we went and found the conductor... then nothing... didn't want to go hunt the conductor again because didn't want to be seen as troublemakers. :D
the SCA was still a no show during...
I can report that the dinner in the dining car was delicious. (way better than what I had expected, at least judging by all the reports that I read in this forum, prior to starting my trip) The fish dish and the beef dish were both tasty. We had the last dinner seating and had the table to...
this is obviously a newbie question. I have traveled by rail extensively in Europe and Japan over the last 25 years. (as well as Amtrak's Acela between NY and BOS, which I use on a bi-weekly basis)
tonight was the very first time I've been on Amtrak's Superliner. in the upstairs room, the...
We were on an overnight train. The attendant greeted us at the first station. Finished dinner at about 7:50pm. By 10pm, we were ready for bed. However, we felt very stupid and couldn't figure out how to lower the top bunk. None of the other passengers had their door open, so we couldn't ask...