On the Train

Right now I’m sitting on the train to Salzburg, though we haven’t left the station yet. I’m attempting to cool off; we’ll see how that goes.

All the guys in the cabin are attempting to arrange our luggage on the racks to they fit without falling off… including my heavy stuff. One of them practically lifted my suitcase with one hand over his head and onto the rack… It’s got to weigh around 50lbs if not over.

I’ll be the quiet one in this cabin since the others are all speaking German quite fluently. After spending just a day without being able to say much more than “danke” or thank you in German, I can’t wait to actually learn more.

Going through tunnels is interesting; it was dark except for the glow of my computer.

I did miss the 11:20 train I had been planning to catch. I miss read the monitors and read the arrivals instead of departures. No matter, there was another at 11:40. I tried to call my host mom, but the call wouldn’t go through. I do hope to get a hold of her because I’ll be about half an hour later than I had initially planned on.

I was quite confusing when I first got on the train to figure out where I’m supposed to sit, and carrying my luggage up the stairs was interesting as well.

It looks as though after a couple of stops the train is getting full. There are a few just standing in the hall outside our compartment sitting on their luggage. This train reminds me of Harry Potter with the compartment that seat six and the trolley that passes by with drinks and snacks.

This morning I got up and finally found my way to the train station, bought my ticket, and got some breakfast. When I was wandering around last night attempting to find it, I missed it because the building/entrance was masked by a ton of construction.

I am very glad I did some weight lifting over the last few months. Still, I can already tell my arms, shoulders, and back are going to be quite sore for the next day or two. I’m sure compared to many others; I packed relatively light, especially for a 5-week trip. However, packing as light as I could still turned out to be kind of heavy especially when you’re lugging it across the streets and U-bann of Wien.

For now since I don’t have Internet on the train, I am writing this in word and will copy and paste it later. I have a feeling I may be doing this a lot. I’ll keep up my journal and then copy it when I finally get to somewhere where there is wifi.