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Day 5 - Train: New York - Chicago
Today we have been in the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington D.C (who knows what state it is in, if any), Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky - that's a lot to see in one day.
It begun with a 5am start as we left the hostel and got a cab up to Penn Station. Evn at that time in the morning the station was packed full of people about to embarque on epic train journeys. We were delayed by about 5 minutes but other than that we got on okay. I think Trudi was pleasantly suprised with the seats we had and how much space we have. And so the journey began.
It has been such a funny journey so far, and I can't remember the last time I laughed so much., we really have made the most out of being stuck on a train for hours.
It is such a surreal experience being on a train for that long, especially when everyone around you speaks the same language. In a way, you get to know the individual personalities of the people in your carriage and the strange things they do. The women next to us filled a complaint form out as an old man who was walking past her, fell on her as the tain moved about. What did she expect Amtrak to do about it? It was an accident.
It seems that me and Trudi are the annoying, loud people in the carriage, but wr have to keep ourselves entertained.
As well as laughing lots and eating lots, the scenery has been amazing, especially in West Virginia where we went through the Blue Ridge Mountains and followed the New Rived through the Appalachian Mountains - which are Americas oldest mountains. There were lots of waterfalls too - didn't get too many photos as there are far too many trees and they got in the way.
Also went past Virginia Tech - hard to imagine the massacre that happened there.
Saw the White House as we went through Washington. At least I got to see it, seeing as I will never go there.
After that, we went past lots of feilds and farms a the sun set ahead of us and I am falling asleep as the train speeds through Kentucky,,,,
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