Day 16... Back to Regensburg

So we got up at 6:30 this morning to get to the train station and get on our train at 8. We bought our tickets which were a little more than we thought they would cost. But we were in Switzerland so we had to buy some ticket to get back. Well we looked on our itinerary and it didn't have the platform number on it. So we missed our first train. So we walked back to the information desk and the man made us pay 6 more francs to buy another ticket. Then we got on our train. Our first ticket was going to get us home at 6:30 but now our new ticket was going to get us home at 8:11. We rode the train and made it to Lindau. We got on the train and two guys sat down right in front of Nicole and I. Well they smelled of smoke and I couldn't breathe anymore so I got up and walked around the train. Then I sat next to Andrew because he was farther from them. When I sat down Andrew turns to me and says "Courtney, I don't think we are on the right train." Dang it! I got so nervous. I JUST WANTED TO BE HOME! But it turns out we were on the right train. We get off and we look on the platform number and it says it's going to be delayed 20 minutes. But the train did come so we hopped on. Well, it actually was the wrong train but is still going to Munich. The problem was we had Bayern passes which don't work on certain trains. And of course it didn't work on this train. Luckily the train Conductor didn't fine us. (probably because we all had on sad faces)So then we got to Munich. We had dinner and jump on another train. THANKFULLY this one got us to Regensburg perfectly. But we still had to get to the Hostel. So Andrew tells us we can get on Bus 9 and that will take us there. So we get on and stop. We aren't there. We had no Idea where we were. Andrew talked with the Bus Driver cause he is the only one that can speak German. The Bus Driver said this bus only goes there during the week days and not the weekends. It was Sunday. So he drives back to the train station on his route and tells us to take bus number 3 or 8. So we get off the bus and he points to the other side of the station. We give him a thumbs up but had no idea what he was pointing at. Bus 3 came to the station and we hopped on. Well, apparently there are two 3 buses and they take different routes at different times. Our Hostel is on the North side and this bus took us on the south side. We were in Regensburg at 8 but didn't get to our Hostel till 10:30. It was such a long Trip! God really tested all of our patience. But we got home safe!

Liebe,
Courtney