I'm on a Train

We are on the train. 8 hours. Some train ride. Plus, a mysterious hour and a half stand-still on the track. What a delay. We've been on it all day. The rice balls Amanda and I ate on the ferry from Sicily to Italy were good, though! The train is not full, so we have the whole 6-person compartment to ourselves.

I'm tired after last night and this morning, but don't want to sleep because then I won't be able to sleep later tonight. Last night I barely slept at all. And this morning was nothing but crying. I probably won't ever see these people again. It's horribly sad. Nearly everyone was sobbing. I'm going to miss them. I really treasured my time with them.

We should get to Rome around 8pm. Then we'll take a taxi to our hotel, pee, go out to find dinner and gelato (since we still haven't had any -- can you believe it?!). We haven't peed on the train because it's literally a hole above the tracks. Eeek!

Buona sera!