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Tuesday, February 21, 2006Austria ... almost  After catching the train from Norway to Denmark to Germany, DJ and I had become pretty competent travelers. So, at the train station in Munich, DJ went to buy us some pizza and I went to check the train schedule to Salzburg. The pizzas took so long to make that by the time we received them, we had just enough time to run to the train and jump on before it left.We made it to the platform, began to jump on board when DJ grabbed my arm. "Dee, we don't have our backpacks!" Sure enough, our backpacks were still locked up in the lockers at the train station (which was our standard practice so we didn't have to lug them around unnecessarily). As twenty-year-olds sometimes do, we laughed and giggled about what ninnies we were, then looked up at the departure board. It read Strausburg instead of Salzburg. That brought our giggles up short. We retrieved our backpacks, sat down at the platform for the next train to Salzburg, ate our cold pizza and began writing letters. I wrote one to my boyfriend (who is now my husband of 23 years) and I don't know who DJ wrote to. Fifteen minutes later, she said, "Our train sure is late." I looked up at the clock. "Ohmygosh. We just missed our train!" Yep. We were both so enthralled with our letters that a 30-car, noisy train pulled up and left with us still sitting on that bench completely unaware. We had just enough time to run to the next platform that had a train going to Salzburg. We literally jumped on the train and actually made it to Salzburg later that day. Tomorrow we will discuss if Salzburg was worth all that trouble!
posted by Deeanne at 8:45 AM
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10 Comments:
So whaddid your parents think of your galavanting all over Europe like this?!
11:21 AM
Oh, you silly. My daddy footed the bill, dontchya know! And before I left he said, "Well, honey, when you come back, you'll have lots of stories to tell. Have fun!"
Pretty neat, huh?
2:36 PM
Wow. So would juh foot the bill for your daughter now?
3:33 PM
Wow, you've definitely lead an interesting life, Mrs. Gist! Am looking forward to reading more!
3:52 PM
Yeah, Barb, I probably would. (Lucky for me, they don't read my blog! Ha!)
11:03 AM
I think it's cool that you were so wrapped up in writing your sweetie a letter that you didn't notice a train. Trains are sorta hard to ignore, but then so is true love.
11:36 AM
Hi, Jezreel. Please, please feel free to call me "Dee" even though I'm an old timer. ;-)
Good to have your here!
11:45 AM
Jezreel: Saw your favorite movie is "Princess Bride." Have you read the book? It is even *better* than the movie!
11:46 AM
Yes! I loved the movie, but Dee's right. The book is even better.
6:42 PM
I'll have to check it out! That movie is my absolute FAVOURITE!
7:53 PM
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