Coast Starlight!

On our return from Hawaii we had a rest day in Seattle, then we got the Famous Coast Starlight train down from Seattle to San Francisco.

When we got to the train station we seemed to attract attention because of our backpacks and the fact that we were the youngest there by a good few years. We got speaking to a couple who were interested in our trip and after hearing we were going to Emeryville the lady said she was sure that they had made a film called Emeryville Horror. She went on to say it was about the Emeryville whores.. Her husband patted her gently on the head, chuckled and actually said that she was thinking of something else but they might make one now we were going! So funny! I later saw them stumbling up the train, she had her fingers hooked into the back of his jeans shuffling behind him being towed along. Brilliant!

The train was amazing, we had a tiny cabin to ourselves with two fold out beds. We got given free champagne in our cabin on arrival as well as coffee and juice etc. The train had a Parlour Car for drinks, a dining car, an obervatory lounge, a cinema and even had a shower!! We spent the afternoon wine and cheese tasting then had a steak dinner which was pretty good.

We had someone to fold our beds down for us and it soon became apparent that this was the difficult bit! Once they were down, we had a foot of space in which to move. I was in the top bunk, which was VERY clostrophobic, I could touch the ceiling with my elbow and even then not fully stretched out. I even had to be strapped in with Cargo straps through the night incase I fell out, which would typically happen to me!!

We had a massive breakfast as well the next morning which set us up for our trek into San Francisco!