Hello from Amtrak train 655 where absolutely no announcement about any of this has been made to the passengers!https://twitter.com/AmtrakNECAlerts/status/1035665362564591617 …
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Fun fact: hotels in Lancaster are surprisingly affordable! The first "industrial rehab" one was all booked, but nice about it. Struck gold with hotel 2, a 20-minute walk from the train station. Phew. Breathe a sigh of relief.
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Call brother, set up rendezvous plans, be a little glad I had options that weren't "crash on uncle's couch." See my mom is from here. I have vague memories of coming here until my teens.
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Walking down Queen Street all I'm thinking is "wow wait this town is surprisingly great! Not my childhood memories at all." But what is, really.
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We check in, the night is still young, and it turns out this town lives a good brew pub. So I call my mom to chat a bit, plot tomorrow.", then walk outside to find a beer.
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And that, twitter, is how I came to leave New York and get detoured to a big old hotel where my mom once sheltered during an air raid alert, half a block away from the tiny shop where my grandpa sat hunched over a bench for decades repairing watches.pic.twitter.com/MpYE2OqaHn
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THERE'S A CODA: my twitter ranting caught the eye of
@apbusch, who I had not seen in YEARS. He'd driven in from Cleveland to ride roller coasters at Knoebels yesterday. So thanks to Amtrak being dumb, and my inability to not complain, I got to play mini golf with an old friend.Show this thread
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