Thursday, June 14, 2012

on the way to annapolis . .

we caught the 11:35 amtrak train out of penn station. amtrak is notorious for nightmare train rides, but, hopefully, i have three lifetimes worth of bad trips to make sure i have only quiet experiences for the remaining days of my present life.

 storing our luggage and reading about the dining car . . 

 morgana worked on her hedgehog kit, and chanda worked on her math . .  !

usually, i can't take my eyes away from the window. i love seeing what's rolling by . . morgana and chanda actually got so involved with their work and then their books, that i told them to look outside so as not to miss the terrain . . !
  
i did take time to read about morocco and austria in my afar magazine . . and the ride was blissfully uneventful!

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  1. You must have felt relieved to have a "normal" train ride. Peter is sending us pictures from Swiss trains and now we get some American trains from you. That's great!

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    1. everytime i ride amtrak i long for a european train. i just LOVED riding the trains in europe! i loved how it would change from northern germany . . no! from norway to naples!!!!!! every country was different, but all were wonderful!

      glad i took some pictures of the amtrak train for all of you to see. maybe i shouldn't be so harsh?! hmmm . .

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    2. Well, European trains are better, but an American train can be also fun.

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    3. ha ha, yes :) we must make do with what we have!! however, there was talk of obama trying to improve train travel . . it would need to be a very smart plan! is that possible? they should bring over a european train developer/designer/planner . . is there such a person?

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    4. I thought I once read that they had hired somebody from London, but I don't remember when that was or who that was.

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