On the way

After a predictably late nite, (which we seem unable to avoid on any day) packing, setting the house in order and so on, we had to get out of bed at the horrid hour of 4am.
I really didn't want to know anything about it and I fear that if the alarm clock had been on my side of the bed I would have assaulted it the moment it beeped, and probably have fallen asleep before it hit the ground.

This has happened before... I wake up feeling great, well rested, but at the wrong time of day - I wonder how this could have happened, check the alarm clock settings... and then vaguely recall a violent moment of rage at the innocent beeping device that was only doing what was asked of it.

Anyhow, today, thankfully it was on Hayley's side, and I've never assaulted her yet for waking me up! So up we got, missed the targeted bus as usual, we always seem to do this - arrive at the stop a few minutes after the one we wanted to get has already passed, fortunately there was another a few minutes behind and we boarded safely and made it to the station.

Because of the snap decision to go to Austria, we hadn't made any plans, a thing that Hayley is brilliant at, by the time we leave, everything is arranged, tickets, accom, travel plans when we get there and anything else that might be important. Last nite, last minute calls were made to hotels to make sure we had some place to sleep, and that's about it! We had to buy train tickets at the station and were only able to get our tickets for the train leaving at 06:04 at 05:50... only a little disconcerting.

Nevertheless! We managed to get the tickets and made the train. The Czech Railways (České dráhy) are not running the greatest trains, they have a decent service, pretty much everything is covered but darn the trains are siff... old, and in real need of some love and attention if not replacement.

This is the view from outside the window - this is the second train we're riding... thanks to Hayley waking up the sleeping family we actually got off at the right stop to make the change! If not for her, we'd probably have woken up in Siberia someplace.

Right now as I post, we are doing about 80Km/hr towards one amazing city while the babies debate new legislation - long live 3G!