Day: 1
Switzerland Railroad Tracks. March 1, 2006
Well for all my talk, my first day was rather uneventful. After my morning layover in Dublin and my pint of Guinness. I boarded my plane to Geneva which should have been a short 2 hour hop. After getting on the plane they let us know that it was snowing in Geneva and it’d be an hour until take off. Bummer. Finally got to Geneva, grabbed my bags around 3:30pm and missed the train heading into the Alps by about 2 minutes, which left me in the train station reading and writing in my journal for about an hour and fifteen minutes. When I finally got on the train headed to Bex (from where I would catch a cograil to Gryon), I missed my stop in Bex and went 20 minutes to the next stop in the wrong direction. I turned around, paid another 7 francs for another ticket to Bex heading the other direction and when I finally arrived in Bex it was almost 7pm (So much for making sunset).
When I finally got to the hostel in Gryon I spoke with my friend Matt, (who works there and wasn’t expecting meus) and he told me the place was full of groups. Well, after shifting me around he found a bed in a room full of tequila drinking South Africans who where on vacation form their jobs in London who have been here for a week. It was the last bed in the place, and after being told “you might have to spend the night on the sofa in the TV room” I really couldn’t complain, anyhow they seemed like nice chaps.
Needless to say by this time it was 9pm and I have been up for more or less for 40 hours, so I drank a bottle of wine I bought from the hostel, chatted with some new friends about their recent and my upcoming visits to Tanzania and called it an early night.
Geneva, Switzerland. Train Station. March 1, 2006.
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Hey Rob,
Glad you made it safe!
After 40 long hours (guess you fell asleep on the train – easy to do), I guess any bed sounded great! The view looking down over the town of Gryon makes me long to be there. Please say hello to Matt for your Mom and me.
I still have Joanna’s sweater and shirt from the party, as well as that big hoop earring. I could take them to Islands when Joanna works, but I don’t know her schedule. Take care. I already miss you and your upbeat attitude!
So much for sobriety!!!! I don’t think wine counts as booze. I miss you and your UPBEAT ATTITUDE too!!!!
Hey I guess it was a good thing I didn’t go with you. I would be sleeping on the couch. I miss your upbeat attitude too.
im so happy that you are doing ok…and yo…i hope that the couch was good to you that night…but anywho…all the pictures seem good! although im sorry that you missed some of your destinations but im pretty sure ur ok since you had your bottle of wine…ahah! but anywho…take care…have fun!