Winner
Leaving Amsterdam to Germany, we need to get the ICE (intercity express) train. i checked with mano the timing of the departure. i heard 1:45pm. 'ok, it's 1pm, so it gives us more time to say our goodbyes to our gracious hosts, mary anne, mike and sophia'. so a little play with sophia there, a little more checking of things here, a little putting of make up and last touches here... a few more minutes later, with me having the incurable habit of asking for time, asked mano again what time is the train leaving. and now, i heard 1:35.... 1:35??? 1:35???? did i hear that right? yes, i heard her right, and she was confused where i got the thought of 1:45. hmm, my ears were lying? so we have 20 mins... mary anne was surprised too, and she told us of the other train route that may be faster, and we dashed out of her house...
' if we miss this train, maybe we'd have to buy a new pass (euro 160), and we leave the next day and miss our munich trip (which is another euro 210)-- oh, that is not good!' ok, no place for option B so it's time to------- run!!! so all three of us ran for our dear ICE... when we came out of the back roads and emerged unto the main road, there we saw the tram nearing the waiting area already!!! run, run, run! luggages tumbling right and left... adrenaline rush...
people we passed by were both surprised and amused at the sight of 3 ladies running after the tram--wa poise, in contrast to all the people walking so relaxed and taking their time... and when we arrived at the ICE station and entered the train, a few seconds later, the doors closed! whew! that was very very close!!! i am sure no amount of charm can ever help us in case we were left by the train...
we were leaving Troysdorf plaza going to the relatives of mano... the bus timing said that it will pass by the waiting area at 4:15pm. ok, it's just a stone's throw away from the internet cafe we were in, so no need to hurry up. however, yes you guessed it-- we lost track of the time! with 3 minutes remaining, i dashed out of the cafe to run to the bus station, as mano and tita still needs to settle their bill. i thought 'if i get there first, at least, maybe i can tell the driver to wait for mano and tita'. yes, it would have been easy, if i was not wearing high-heeled shoes!!!! don't ask me now why i am wearing that...
tailing behind me is tita who seemed to be infuriated with this, that she blurted ou "hmmp! i really will not go with you girls anymore! i cannot keep on running like this!" and to that i retorted, "we can make it! go go go!"
and behind tita, is the most funny scenario of all. mano, carrying her lapto---- still open, mind you!--- running so fast that the guys she passed by told her to be very careful. laptop, bag and shopping bag on the other hand! can you imagine how she juggled it? why was the laptop still open? because she has not yet shut it down yet! haha! the thing that made her running more difficult was actually her giigles at seeing the two of us ran comically ahead of her...
and yes, once again, we managed to get on the bus, in the nick of time!
2nd runner up
the last but definitely not the least, was when we first landed in germany. the baptism of fire! with connecting trains having their own times, we had to runa nd run from train to train, station to station, until we arrived home in tita's place--- all the while with 5 luggages on hand!
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