Monday, July 13, 2009

Xi'an to Changzhou via overnight train

These are my six "roomies" from our overnight train ride last night.  We departed at about 8 pm and arrived at 10 am this morning.  I slept on the upper bunk so it definitely reminded me of sleeping in a loft during my college days and also because we spent most of the evening telling stories and eating junk food on the lower bunk.  The biggest challenge we had was getting almost 4 weeks worth of luggage and accumulated souvenirs from 16 women stored on very tiny luggage racks overhead and in a very small space below the lower bunk.  In some cases it took about 3 of us in a tiny aisle to lift 50+ pound suitcases over our heads to another person hanging up above off of the top bunk across from the storage rack. I think our two male chaperones have spent many days shaking their heads at our crazy group of ladies!

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