Travel Log: Day 1
Today I travelled to Normandy – not my most pleasant travel
experience (DEFINITELY NOT MY WORST EITHER). Normally on trains I just sit
wherever there’s an open seat, kind of like at sporting events. Your ticket has
a specific car and seat number, sure, but since logically the amount of people
should be equal to the amount of seats, and since I was one of those people
with one of those seats, if I sit in someone else’s seat then that means that
because I am not sitting in my seat, there must be an open seat; especially
since there are always multiple people who cancelled their tickets or missed
the train. I promise I have never had any problems before, in the States or
here in Europe (and at this point I’ve been on a lot of trains in both places).
But today I learned a lesson.
I was woken up an hour into the trip by a guy asking, “Is
this your seat?” Clearly it was his. I got up, thinking for sure I would find
another open one. Except there were none – anywhere. In fact the spaces between
the cars were almost completely packed with people! After looking through
literally every car, I was able to find
one open spot between the cars where I could sit for the rest of the trip. I am
seriously considering sitting in my assigned seat next time.
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