Wed 19/08/09 14:53

The train ride from Bucharest was really a nice one. In fact it was probably one of the best that I’ve had in a while. Having electricity was a real bonus too. About halfway through the trip I got the urge to watch some tv shows and a movie. I usually don’t even watch movies on airplanes, but for some reason it felt good to kind of zone out with a good episode of Stargate Atlantis.

I am in Suceava, Romania right now. I had planned for this to be just a one night stop before I boarded the train to Kiev, but it turned out that I made a mistake, actually I don’t know if I made a mistake or there is just a flaw in the system. I was told that I should make the reservation today, so I went to the train station and she goes to write up the ticket, but for some reason it won’t let her print it out. So either out of experience or out of confusion she tells me that I can’t leave tomorrow, that I’ll have to leave the next day. This was completely unexpected and really puts me in a bind. I wanted to get to Kiev at least two days before I leave for Dubai, now I’ll be showing the day that I need to leave. I guess that there’s nothing that I can do about it now, but I really wish that the last stop in my vacation wouldn’t have been this stressful.

I’ve seen quite a bit of Suceava considering that I’ve only been here a few hours, and from what I can tell it’s a working class city. What I mean is that it feels like the majority of the residents aren’t wealthy. Nothing wrong with that, and for the most part the city is nice, and tomorrow I’ll spend some time and take a few pictures of the highlights.

I really don’t like to put negative things into the blog, but I feel like I have to say something to someone, even if nobody ever reads this I want to say that the girl who runs this hostel is the annoying person I’ve ever met. I’m not exaggerating either. She talks in the “we” like, “…and this is where “we” take are shoes off.” Yeah, she did say just that. Another good one was, “When you close the door, turn the knob.” Oh, and, “This is the number to the combination, so “we” can go in and out when “we” want.” My God she is annoying.