February is around the month that the RACK was created I think...my memory stinks though so who knows. I do know that we took a trip to Switzerland the Feb. that we were in Italy. This was not your average..get train ticket, get on train, go to Switzerland, have fun, go home kind of trip.
Oh no, the RACK had to make it interesting. We got on our train and settled into a little cabin all to ourselves. I remember going to the grocery store in Termini in Rome and loading up on out 1.5 Liter Diet Sodas (that probably have sweeteners in them that are illegal in the US but we drank the heck out of them) we would carry the 1.5 liters around and suck them down while wandering the city..they were like 1 Euro...you'd do the same thing. I think we also bough canned green beans to eat cold...on the train...like animals.
I went to the bathroom to drain said can of green beans and almost got molested by a drunk Italian guy. I ran up and down the train screaming for Carrie because me with my terrible sense of direction, couldn't find the RAC to save my life...literally. I found them and remain molestation free to this day thank goodness.
So, we are riding along and somehow realize we should have switched trains at some point. Instead of Switzerland, we end up in Verona at 3 AM on Valentine's Day. It seemed appropriate...Romeo and Juliet...lalala. However, it was frigidly cold and we all had to pee really bad. The problem with this was that the bathrooms were locked. The only thing I will complain about in Europe is the lack of public bathrooms that A. are open and B. are free of charge.
Years later, '08, I went to Europe with my hubby while pregnant and probably spent more money on bathrooms than food while there. Note to self...don't go to Europe pregnant. On the other hand, if I have the opportunity to go to Europe, I don't care if I'm seconds from giving birth...I'm gettin on that plane.
Off track! So, Verona...we hang there for several hours until we can get on an actual train to take us to the actual Switzerland. We had a blast and went snowshoeing which was incredible! Then headed home.
We spent more time in transit than in the country of Svizzera.....is that how those Italians spell it?
The hostel was great with the exception of the world's grossest showers. And I vaguely remember somebody almost getting killed for trying to wake up Rachel with a pillow...mistake!
Girls...any other fond memories of this trip??
Lesson learned: Do NOT under any circumstances wake up the R (especially after a night of drinking in the bar underneath the hostel)!!!!
ReplyDeleteAhhhh, snowshoeing in Switzerland was a highlight! Remember how we ate canned green beans, Fruit and Fitness, and rice cakes ... all to save our precious dinero for an authentic Swiss fondue meal? When we finally experienced the said meal it was disgusting! However, the cheese and bread they gave us on the snowshoeing trip was amazing and made up for it :)
ReplyDeleteI like to add our detour to Milano. Remember that? We were stuck (yes, stuck is the appropriate word) there for about 6 hours since we missed our connection to Svizzer due to our V-day stop in Verona. Milan...hmm, we have some time, let's visit the duomo...go that way...okay...miles later, the whole freakin' thing was covered w/ sheets due to cleaning. And oh, what's that? There's a convenient subway line that will goes directly to the train station? What a grand idea! Oh, and may I mention that there were bouncers at McDonalds!
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