Thursday, October 1, 2009

I'm on a Bus

If this...is coming...through...choppily...it's because...this internet...is...very...very...slow. Okay just kidding. But really, it is. That being said, I'm taking a bus from DC to New York City and it has internet. The connection is as slow and painful as a snail trying to moonwalk across a frozen French lake, but it's internet nonetheless. I've been looking out the window, seeing if any auto-parasites have caught on, hovering in the lanes next to us and leaching our internet, but I think both the bus and the internet are moving too slowly to make it worth the effort.

Anywho, I strongly recommend the Bolt Bus as a means of travel. The seats are comfortable -- if bus seating can be comfortable -- it's not too crowded, and it seems like the riders have a general concept of social decency, unlike on Amtrak, where it seems like passengers wait to get on the train to have tormentingly awkward phone conversations for everyone else to suffer through. Best of all, it's $39 round-trip and drops you off right at Penn Station. The driver also informed us that they're now doing trips to Philadelphia, Richmond, Raleigh, and some other cities around the Mid-Atlantic coast. Anyways, it's about to be big boy in the big city, so hopefully I'll hit you with something more exciting next time.

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