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polydigm
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Hey Bonny, hopefully you're in Prague right now, resting after spending an enjoyable day there.
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BBP
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hahaha by the time you posted that I was already in Germany.
This was a "study trip". These are often organized by companies in the hospitality industry. In this case it was a train with nought but sleeper cars.
I shared mine with two female travel agents, both about my age.
"They may call them "sleeper cars", but a more proper term would be "noisy prison simulation guaranteed to keep you awake."
I spent 13 hours getting to Prague, either chatting to the other ladies in the group or tossing in the bed. Biggest moment of excitement was when the
fire alarm went off - one of the girls on the train had used deodorant, causing the alarm to activate.
The sleeping car is most definitely not my thing. The movement of the car make me nauseous and wake me up if we go through a rough section, plus there
was this nasty ticking sound, like there was a woodpecker in the couchette with us.
https://www.europeansleeper.eu/the-train
I had a fold-out prison-bench type on the top as it's supposed to be roomier, but i couldn't even sit straight, let alone change in there. For the
return I decided to go on the middle one and fold up the top one.
The beds were very tiny - with my 1,75m I couldn't lie straight in it - narrow and with just a sheet and a fleece blanket provided.I used to think I
could sleep anywhere
We were only scheduled to have 7 hours in Prague, but that quickly turned into 5 hours when the train got delayed. In those five hours we had a good
lunch with typically Czech dishes, we rushed past several sights, were briefly showed around the theatre, were taken to the astronomical clock and
then the Charles Bridge, and from there we basically were supposed to make our way back to the train.
Way back went without delay. Halfway through the night which was spent awake and sea-sick, tossing and getting annoyed with the tapping sound, I
finally found the source of the noise: the folding beds are heavy, but are held up with just one hook on the side, so the other one starts flipping
around. By lowering the bed I may have had to sacrifice my overhead space, but lo and behold, the woodpecker flew and I could actually get one or two
hours of sleep.
Due to the train strike, there were no trains from the Dutch railwais for a few hours. Which meant that my original plan of getting out at Amersfoort
at 5:30 which would have gotten me home by 7AM couldn't happen as no trains were going until 8AM and after that I'd have to wait for the peak hours to
end. Rather than waiting for hours in a drafty dark station in Amersfoort, I had to travel to one of the last stops in Roosendaal which is about the
same distance away and would give me one hour to kill there. Got me home by 11:15.
Five hours in Prague, 30 hours in the train, hardly any sleep... I'm presently a bit of a zombie.
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In case you consider Prague a beautiful town, at least you prooved the line beauty knows no pain 
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Plook
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Sounds like an adventure Bonny...
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BBP
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It was! But now i am panic cleaning. Bf iscoming over.
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BBP
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BF came and went, he'll be back next week because he's on a work trip to Germany.
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BBP
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https://ismy.blue/
How blue is blue?
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Eddie RUKidding
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Would rather listen to Blues for Greeny lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXDAYALaxdA
South of the Border
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Plook
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Eddie you made me think of something I had not heard for decades, thank you...My grandkids wouldn't get it...lol
https://youtu.be/3GvQ5gNKsQ4?si=fcd4ExiauUGYIK6i
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polydigm
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My blue is greener than 63% of the population. I probably feel that way because my idea of green is darker than the green used in the RGB system. But
then again, my idea of blue is also darker, so wtf?
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BBP
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I'm in the middle.
Saw a squirrel, did the laundry, and now that I have just a slither of spare time I'm doing maths. The hard type (B) at the level I wanted to do but
couldn't because I lacked 0,1 point on my final grade. Hope I can get revenge this year.
So far I learned about vectors, which weren't standard to the curriculum in my day.
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Eddie RUKidding
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Quote: Originally posted by Plook  | Eddie you made me think of something I had not heard for decades, thank you...My grandkids wouldn't get it...lol
[url]https://youtu.be/3GvQ5gNKsQ4?si=fcd4ExiauUGYIK6i |
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Thanks Plook - thats what blue and Green made me think of lol
South of the Border
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