VictoriaShe
Train Attendant
So I've been thinking that we won't really get the full train experience and full value from the Roomette, and we will miss the most beautiful scenery, if we just do a day trip to Santa Barbara and back. Having slept on the idea, I've decided that we're going from Union Station to Oakland (with Roomette). (He has no input, since it's a birthday surprise.) And now I'm really excited about it. Spending a couple of nights in a fleabag motel in Oakland, but taking the BART to SF the day between train rides and having a delicious lunch at The Slanted Door at the Ferry Building, sight-see around SF for a few hours, then the BART to Berkeley for a sublime dinner at Chez Panisse. I do have my priorities (food).
My only reservation about the change in plans is that it is 11+ hours from L.A. to Oakland. We don't have train experience, but I do know that an airplane ride that long would drive me batty. On the other hand, I can, and often do, easily lounge around at home for an entire day.
How do you spend that time? Bring a book? Your laptop? Are you itching to get off the train at the end of the trip, or do you wish you could stay longer?
It's five weeks away, and I cannot wait!
My only reservation about the change in plans is that it is 11+ hours from L.A. to Oakland. We don't have train experience, but I do know that an airplane ride that long would drive me batty. On the other hand, I can, and often do, easily lounge around at home for an entire day.
How do you spend that time? Bring a book? Your laptop? Are you itching to get off the train at the end of the trip, or do you wish you could stay longer?
It's five weeks away, and I cannot wait!
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