Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Wow what a night

My first night on a train sleeper car was a night to remember. This train's sleeper cabin had 6 beds. When we arrived one bed was taken. The guy did not say a word or offer to help us with anything. We did not pack for a long train ride. Later we found out he was Korean and spoke very little English. The 2 other beds were taken by a nice couple from Kentucky and we picked up a 6th person along the way.

Shortly after we left Amsterdam I am awaken by the police knocking at our door. We had locked the door otherwise the would have just come in. There were 3 of them fully dress with fire arms. Only me and the Korean guy were awaken. They came in and looked around with flashlight and left. I thought weird and rude. Maybe this was normal. We made a stop at every broader so the staff could change and I assume the train could be searched. At some point the 6th person got on but also did not speak much English and no one else was awaken.

Next thing I knew the alarm was going off and we were in Basel, Switzerland. Mk and I were waiting in the bike car and prior to the train doors opening the police with dogs went to the sleeper car next to us. Two of the girls were taken off by the police onto the platform and it looked like they were being questioned and searched. My thought was really you thought you could get away with leaving Amsterdam with what I'm assuming to be drugs? Diffidently not rocket scientists.

1 comment:

  1. Great to see the photos. To my suprise, Europe looks like trains and food. What else are you seeing and experiencing? What did you think of Florence?

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