March 28, 2008
We're both big fans of train travel, since trains are usually smoother rides and you can wander around somewhat on long trips, so Tuesday we bought two "tourist" tickets on the train out of Buenos Aires tonight to Cordoba. (The tourist seats are the cheapest they offer--bench seats in an open carriage. We were going to splurge on sleeper tickets, but there were no seats available in anything other than tourist class. That would be strike one.) We hit a snag when we arrived at the train station this morning to dump off our packs before heading back to the Fine Arts musuem, though. There is no train going tonight. Strike two.
This wouldn't be such a problem, except there are only two trains a week to Cordoba: Monday and Friday nights. And the very nice young man who translated for us (our Spanish being extremely poor to the point of non-existant), said they don't know if the train will be running on Monday, either, because of the farmers´ strike. It turns out that the strike has something to do with the train schedule. David and I aren't quite sure why, but the implication was that the train workers are joining the farmers in their protest. Strike three.
So we bought bus tickets, instead. And we're out.
