Leaving Rome early afternoon, our goal was to catch a train to Assisi. However the travel Gods were not on our side. Roma Termini was easy enough to navigate, however we made a few amature mistakes - trying to board the wrong kind of train with the wrong kind of ticket. No biggie, we just waited and caught the next one.
To get to Assisi travelers must transfer in a smaller town of Foligno, about 10-15 minutes outside of Assisi. Here is where the adventure began. Being two relatively smart and college educated gals, we thought when the time table and announcement said to be on binario quattro that we should go to platform number four. The train... went to platform #2. Needless to say we missed that train. Confused, we second guessed ourselves and tried to lay this switcharoo game with the next train 20 minutes later. However as the time neared closer we choked and Sister D went inside the deli to ask. (small stations don't have an info desk.) The deli man read the same timetable we did and told her #1, not 2 like we had again thought. As Sister D returned, a train on #2 was approaching that was headed in the right direction, but Sister D didn't make it back in time with her info. Plus in our frantic state we miscommunicated and watched our second attempt to get to Assisi go by on platform #1.
Third times a charm right? We don't hesitate to ask which platform for the third attempt. Both a train 'official' and the deli guy both say platform #5. So on °5 we wait. Just as the clock strikes, something changes but we can't put our finger on it. All we know is that the new train for #5 hasn't arrived and the train behind us on #4 is suddenly ready to go. Again we frantically ask passengers boarding where they are headed. Confusion and relief cross our faces as more than one say Assisi. Whew, we finally did it. Only 3 hours past our expected time, we found our hostel and luckily still had a place to sleep for the night.
With this adventure behind use we were headed to bed. Somewhere between missing two and three trains we coined a new curseword for the remainder of our trip... Foligno!
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Interestingly enough, I'm not sure either you or D is clear about what actually happened even yet because both your recollections are jumbled. So far we've heard about tracks 1 & 2, and 1, 4, & 5, but it's okay - we get the picture...@*foligno!*@ a treni!
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