Europe adventures

22/3/06

I’m in Europe! We were catching the train to Elhoffen (where my Oma lives in Germany). We went through the mountains. They were soo pretty! Me and Jess were going a bit silly and laughing and saying silly comments. I think we’d been sitting down for too long.
We had to wait an hour and a half at one station so we walked around that town. It was where the winter Olympics were a while ago. Me and Jess needed to go to the toilet. We found a Mcdonalds and went. Mum had been talking about how she once got locked in a public toilet so when I went I thought I’d just leave it unlocked and make sure no one came in (it was only us in there anyway). But while I was getting off, Jess flung open the door and said “ah HA” (she thought no one was in there). “OH! Oh oh!” She slammed the door shut and we BURST out laughing. Then when I came out I went to what I thought was the door back out. And I held it open. But it was actually a toilet door and Jess was standing inside saying, “Um…I need to go.”
“Ohhh!”
We caught the train again. Then after a few hours we got off and caught another one. Then we got off at Munich and caught another one (can you imagine how tired we are hauling our luggage around?!). The train at Munich was so packed we couldn’t sit down. Then after a while people got off and we went to sit in a six-seater room next to an old lady and man. The lady was VERY expressive and over-dramatic. Everything mum said was met with a gasp and an excited, “Ach!” she leant forward using lots of hand and facial expressions and she was very loud. Me and Jess found it hard to keep our laughter in.
But there was this absolute crack up moment when the porter came in. He was short and had rosy cheeks, a high voice that sometimes squeaked and he looked and sounded HILARIOUS. He started talking and smiling while the over-dramatic lady was also talking loudly while mum and papa were asking questions. It sounded so funny.