Today was largely uneventful. I had planned on getting up at 8am to give myself time to get breakfast and pack, but I ended up snoozing my alarm until 9:38 when I started packing. It was a pretty messy sort and shove kind of job, and in the middle of packing we got the “cabs are here” text that forced us to shove whatever was left into our backpacks and run down to the lobby. Burdened with extra water bottles and a cat mug, we went to the airport where I bought breakfast and yet another cat postcard to assuage my separation anxiety from my cat. Spoiler: the croissant I bought had bacon in it. I lost my appetite after a bite into that. . .
We got on the train and were able to find our assigned seats quite easily. Maybe it’s rude to say it, but it felt nice to be able to kick people out of our seats instead of trying to find anywhere was empty. I slept most of the way while Alex and Mike had a Smash Bros tournament behind me; however, our German friends gave us no warning for which stop we were getting off. I went from having a nice nap to scrambling out the train in about .5 seconds. We were not so lucky on our connecting train, which meant most of us had to stand in a hot cabin for an hour. Alex was nice enough to offer me the seat he was able to find, so I spent the rest of the time sleeping and looking at cat pictures. I miss my cat.
The hotel is . . . something. There is still no air conditioning and breakfast is oddly not included with the rooms. I have a single room because of my narcolepsy, but it smells fainting of urine and the shower curtain doesn’t actually move because the hooks are trapped between the frame and the ceiling. It was difficult trying to take a refreshing, cold shower because it was so small, spilling water onto the floor in concerning amounts, and there were no shelves, so I was trying to not step on the shampoo bottles I had to put on the floor. The good news is my room has a great view of a back alley/parking lot, stained concrete buildings, and some lovely trash cans. Thankfully because it’s a slow day I can take a nap and finally do some laundry that I’ve been putting off for three days.