Institutionalized: 1940

On Our Way to Nashville Tennessee

The train has arrived. We board the train bound for Toronto. This will be a nice relaxing trip. There is nice scenery along the way. Once we arrive in Toronto, which will be in two days we will stay at a bed and breakfast for the night we arrive in Toronto.

Two days have passed, we will be arriving in Toronto in a few hours. We have now arrived in Toronto. We wait for other passengers to leave before we make our way off the train. Once we got off the train, there was a man waiting to assist us. The bed and breakfast was not that far from the train station. We will spend the night in Toronto. The next morning we will leave and start the next part of our trip. The trip to Nashville, which is about a 14 hour train ride. The ride will seem like nothing to us considering how long it took us to get to Toronto

It is the morning of our trip to Nashville. Before checking out of the bed and breakfast, we double check that we have everything. We do have everything. Now, it is off to the train station to greet our train to Nashville. Once at the train station, there was a man who offered to assist us to our train. We accepted his offer and he helped us with our luggage. We are now on the train to Nashville. Greg and I are getting excited to see Dario and Ashley. It has been only a few months since we saw them, but that even feels like a long time. There is a worker going around asking to see proof of citizenship before we get moving. We are now on our way to the border. The trip will take about 13 hours. We will arrive in Nashville tonight. We left Toronto at 9:00 am. We will arrive in Nashville at 10:00 pm. Dario and Ashley are picking us up once we get to Nashville. Once at their place, we will be exhausted and just want to sleep.

Three hours into the trip, we are offered a bit to eat. After lunch, Greg and I decided to have a nap because we thought that would help us not feel so exhausted.

After a few hours, Greg and I feel refreshed. It is nearly dinner time, soon we will be offered dinner. Once dinner came, we ate and decided to have a power nap. The reason for this is that, we both feel wobbly on our feet when we are extremely tired. We will be arriving in Nashville in a few hours. Our excitement is building. The conductor just announced that we will be arriving in Nashville in ten minutes. He also said to check that we have all our belongings, so we do not leave anything behind.

We have now arrived in Nashville. Once we left the train, there was Dario and Ashley waiting for us. Dario took our luggage. Ashley walked with us to the car. Once we got in the car, both Greg and I fell asleep. Once we arrived at Dario and Ashley's house, we woke up. Dario carried our luggage up to the guest room. He told us that we could just sleep for the night because we looked exhausted. We told him thank you and good night. He told us that he and Ashley would see us in the morning.

The next morning, Dario woke us up. He said that we could do anything we wanted. He also said that breakfast was ready downstairs. Once he left the room, Greg went to go change into some clothes. Once Greg went to the bathroom to change, I put on some clothes. When Greg was done, he came back into the room. I was just finishing brushing my hair. Once I was done, we both went downstairs to eat.

Dario and Ashley were at the table waiting for us. They told us when we got downstairs, that they want to know how our train ride was. We told them that it was different to what we were used to because we needed proof of being Canadian before entering the United States. It was a pleasant day out. When we left Toronto, there was snow on the ground. Here it is warm. It feels like a nice summer day, not too hot or too cool. Dario and Ashley told us that in the summer the weather is a scorcher. They told us that they prefer Canada's summer because it does not get as hot as Tennessee. We told them that that when we left Vancouver there was not any snow at all. There are mild winters with no snow at all, but some are cold and there is snow everywhere. They asked us if we wanted to see the sights of Nashville. We said sure why not. Our first full day in Nashville was sight seeing.