3 stories just to make it to Amsterdam:
1) The first leg: LAX-DET
Greg gets stuck next to 6-4 300+lb of a man-beast who as soon as the plane starts to taxi out wraps his bandanna over his eyes to pass out. The guy seriously looked like he was trying to get focused for his Jedi training. Greg then has to spend the rest of trip half-lodged into this guy's sweaty armpit while the guy tries to make his best chainsaw impression. Mean while to avoid being crushed he leans out into the aisle where he gets slammed by the drink cart every 20 mins.
2) The overnight: DET-Brussels
After spending the first leg in the 3rd circle of hell Greg catches a break with an empty row to lay out in. I get one where the middle seat is empty next to a retired college professor who was pretty cool. We start talking about where we're headed and the row behind me overhears that Greg and I are starting in Amsterdam. The ladies in the row tell us their headed that way to - only driving not by train - and were wondering if we'd like to tag along to help navigate and such. We're down b/c that saves us one of the travel days on our railpass.
3) This bitch is crazy
So it turns out the two women are a 44 yr old teacher who's married but left her husband and kids behind so she could take her former student that she moved into her house to Europe. Hang on, it gets crazier. The older woman is basically having the first break from her family in 20 years so her neurons are firing at least 30x faster than normal...and at 150km/hr on the Brussels to Amsterdam highway. After regaling us with fantastic stories of having an uzi pulled on her while visiting her husband, her 70 yr old father who cultivates weed in the greenhouse in her backyard, the way she got her house in San Jose by suing the guy that pulled the uzi on her and using the winnings as a down payment, and how she has a deep belief in Judaism...and she's a practicing Catholic. Greg said it was hilarious to watch the younger girl just sit in the back seat squirming at every comment
So the moral of the story kids: always hitchhike with crazy people. The fun never ends!
1 comment:
Atleast Greg wasn't next to the window and the guy was in the middle... Then, you can't escape the smell or the claustrophobia ,nonetheless, sucky. So, the crazy bitch...this would only happen to you guys lol...she seems all normal and then once you get in her car...dun dun duh. Atleast you got some free travel though...And, I'm sure car is better than train..right? Greg must have been loving that the lady was Jewish keke :P Hope you are partying in Amsterdamn right now!!! Is it really hot there?? We are in the middle of a heat wave...sucks. Until your next post...Cheers from Tahoe :)
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