This is going to be brief, unlike the horrendous train ride we endured on this day. We woke up in the early morning and made our way to check out of the apartment. Unbeknownst to us at the time, the office does not open until nine in the morning, and we met the cleaning lady instead. After trying to speak with the women, who had difficulty with English, we just threw the keys in the mailbox and left. We had a train to catch, and we were not about to try and find new transportation.
We then had to get our EuRail passes validated, making our catching the train uncertain. Somehow, we made it with fifteen minutes to spare. What we didn't know, in spite of poor announcements, was that the train was pulling in backwards. We entered in the back, and were told to go to the front in the two minutes we had before the train was to leave. Needless to say, it was a mite bit stressful.
We then entered the car we were to sit in, and were hit by a wall of stale air. I actually had some difficulty breathing. The AC had broken down, as well as the fridges, so we had neither cold air nor cold sustenance. It was mildly irritating.
About five hours into the ride, we saw everyone getting up to disembark the train. It was not the final stop, so we were very confused. It turned out that something was wrong with the train, and we were to have to get on a new one. At the very least, the new one was much nicer.
We made it to the apartment an hour late, and had to walk in sweltering heat to get there. Though the apartment was very nice, we felt strangled by the warmth in the air. I laid on top of my covers and just suffered until I fell asleep.
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