What to do in a train station in Austria for 2 hours?
From SPRING BREAK 2007! in Egg am Faakersee, Austria on Feb 22 '07
I could not sleep more than 20 minutes at a time on the train because I was scared I would fall into a deep sleep and miss my stop. So around 3:30, I went into the corridor of the train, where there were actually like 5 people standing around. I just stared out the window, and there was SNOW, everywhere! It was the only snow I had seen all season, and it was GREAT! There was an older man standing next to me, and he turns to me and asks me something in German, to which I replied, umm sorry I don't speak German, just English. So he says, oh which kind? To which I dumbly reply, uhhh american? (good one Leah). So we chat for a while about Austria, and what I'm doing, and how I'm scared becuase I thought I missed my stop. So he goes on a 20 minute hunt with me for a conductor, and asks where the Villach stop is. So we figure it's coming up in about 10 minutes. He was on vacation with his family, his 3 teenage daughters and wife, so we laughed about that! But he was a nice guy!
So I found myself at Villach, Austria train station at 4 am with a 2 hour layover. What on earth was I going to do with myself? I didn't have a ticket to get to Slovenia yet, I had to buy one there, but the ticket office didn't open until 6 am.
I sit down next to one guy who is sleeping, and there are 2 other guys there as well. As I sat down I double checked that my Swiss Army Knife was still in my pocket...check, still there! So the guys start talking to me in German. Cripes, it was at that point that I don't know German, Slovene, nor Croatian. Should be interesting. Well these guys spoke english. So we chatted, and after a while I realize these guys are drunk, alcoholic bums, and thet the one 'sleeping' is really just passed out. ummmm great. So I just try to sit quietly by myself, but they keep talking to me. Oh well, so I finally buy my ticket, and I am outta this place....
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