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February 11, 2005

Magical Mystery Tour!

From Michelle, on the never-ending tram ride...

Is It Just Me, or What?

Yes, here I am again with another little tale to regale. Not exactly a disaster, just one of those little curve balls (or should I say curve trams?) that life throws my way...

A few weeks ago, as some of you might remember, I ended up on the wrong tram through absolutely no fault of my own. The wrong Number #7 tram fooled me, because it was on the right route for the Number #1 tram (my regular) and was definitely not on the right route for the Number #7 tram, which is why I climbed on the Number #7 in the first place and ended up not at all where I wanted to be. I never did figure that one out.

Well, this week I ended up on not-quite-the-right tram, and it was absolutely all my own fault!

This is what happened...

My train had just arrived back in Rotterdam's central station. I had just seen off Teenager #1 at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, so I was feeling just a bit sniffly and sad. It was late, it was cold, it was wet.

I had just missed the Number #1 tram and was in for a bit of wait in the late, cold, wet.

As the Number #8 tram sailed to the tram stop, I had An Idea.

See, the Number #8 tram route runs quite close to my apartment. Not quite as close as the Number #1 tram, but within a block of it. So I decided to get out of the late, cold, wet and take the Number #8 tram, just for a change...

Five billion hours later (felt like), after a complete tour of the entire city of Rotterdam, the Number #8 tram finally deposited me a couple of blocks from my apartment.

At least ten million Number #1 trams had made the journey to my apartment in that time.

Today, I am investigating the route to Ikea because the new apartment does not have walk-in closets like my American house did, and having piles of clothes all over the place is getting to be a pain. Knowing my luck, I'll probably end up in, oh, France or Belgium or Germany...

Michelle :-)

Posted by Michelle at 4:23 AM