laurainlimbo | trains are tiring

Wow I'm tired. It's unbelievable how tired one can get after taking the train for 2 hours and then walking 15 minutes, and then having a 90 minute job interview, which includes a 5-minute video demonstration and Japanese introduction! Thankfully I opted for the more expensive (much more expensive!!) option of taking the bullet train back home, so I cut the commute time from 2 hours to 45 minutes. Gotta love the Shinkansen!! But the whole day's worth of train rides cost me about $60.00 round trip! What an expensive job interview. Plus I was hungry because all I ate for lunch was a small egg salad sandwich from the train station convenience store and some chocolate.

oh and something funny. My bullet train was number 666, and I rode in car number 6. And 6 has always been my favorite lucky number. good sign? I hope so!

But I'm home now, tired and dizzy, and ready for some wine and maybe an episode of White Collar... if I can stay awake.

more on the job interview and other stuff later...

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yea it's pretty amazing how fast those trains are. wow a train between chicago and st. louis? is there that much need? oh yea there's no way to drive to Hamamatsu - it's two hours by train but maybe four by car. and parking is impossible in the japanese cities.

thanks! I hope to know soon too!

*hugs*

There probably would be a market for a high speed rail train b/t Chicago & St. Louis. I know there are several flights from Midway every day. Heck, there are 4 trains a day between here (in Champaign) & Chicago (2 in the a.m., 2 in the p.m.). So I think a 'bullet' train that would avoid the airport/traffic there would probably be popular & I think the hope would be for a better price than flying.

the u.s. should have more alternative methods of transportation than cars and planes. I know the trains here are expensive, but it's more efficient and better for the environment too.

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