Hi there,
I made it to Washington in one piece, although the train trip with Amtrak was a bit ofa shambles. Firstly, the train was late by 40 minutes due to the heat. They said the trains had to be slowed down. It was a full train, or rather over full (looks like they are copying the airlines). My foot stand was broken, but I found the bolt and put it together again. Then they turned the air conditioning on. OH MY GOD!!! I thought I was back in Antarctica. I had to put on another shirt, then a jumper, then a pair of jeans, then some socks and shoes. it must have been close to zero degrees. I asked the conductor for a pillow and blanket and he came back with just a pillow and then ran away. i later found out that you can purchase the blankets, but not to bother because they sold out of them before getting to orlando, which is where I got on. As I said it was a full trian, mainly big black women with their kids and boy can they talk the ears off a drink man. I took some sleeping pills and went through the night with hourly wake-ups. I got up at about 7am to find that there was no water on board, and that meant none in the toilets - to flush or to wash your hands. But that got rectified when we arrived at the next station in an hours time. Now we have water, but they run out of hand towels to dry yourself. Who runs this organisation????? Anyway, we arrived at Washington 15 minutes late and I got off. i asked the guy next to me if he wanted me to hand down his backpack and he said that he was staying on board. I told him how sorry i was for him.
Now that I am in Washington I got a quick walk in around The Capitol and The White House and Pentagon City Mall. Time to crash out. See ya.
Stephen
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