Day Two: Inner Journey

Our first experiences for this travel course have been traveling. After a workshop during the days we got a few hours to finalize packing and had to hit the road to get to the train station to board our train to Louisiana. It got very nerve-wracking getting to the train station because we were finally leaving after spending so much time preparing and packing for this trip. I have never been on a train, but most people I had talked to compared it to a nicer version of a charter bus. That statement seemed to check out when we boarded the train. Since we are group of odd number I lucked out and got a section to myself, whereas the rest of my classmates had to sit with a partner. Once I got comfortable and familiar with my surroundings I really didn't mind being on the bus except for the constant swaying, because I can get motion sickness. Once, I got comfortable I took some Dramamine to prevent any motion sickness and then tried to get some sleep. Surprisingly I got a lot of sleep on the train, it is much more comfortable than the charter buses I had to sleep on for my travel classes in high school. My classmates did not seem to get the best sleep though. When I woke up, we were only about 4 hours away from New Orleans. I am getting more and more excited for this trip as we get closer to our destination.