At the weekend I went to Hiroshima. I decided to get Shinkansen (bullet train) there and back because despite the cost, it's so much quicker and a lot more comfortable. From my house it would normally take around 4 hours on the slow train with 2 or 3 changes. Compare this to 1 hour on Shinkansen and it's easy to justify the extra expense. The experience of taking shinkansen is also worth paying extra for now and again.
Having had a great weekend I was on my way home when I got a message on my phone to say that I'd left the keys to my apartment in Hiroshima. I was half way home on the train. I jumped off at the next station (Tokuyama) at 11pm. Having spent 10 mins pleading with the station guard to give me a refund for the half of my ticket I hadn't used (to no avail) I consequently missed the last train back to Hiroshima and was stranded in Tokuyama for the night until the first train out in the morning. My initial intention was to sit at the station and wait, but firstly the station closed and I was ushered out and secondly it was so cold my hands were turning blue. I weighed up my options... I asked a taxi driver how much to Hiroshima. I was expecting it to b a lot, but not quite ￡150! That wasnt an option. The nearest hotel was a 10 minute walk. So to cut the story short, I stayed in the hotel, got shinkansen back to Hiroshima, picked up the keys and got shinkansen back home. The whole experience cost me around around ￡100.
Today, not a happy bunny as I arrive back to school 30mins late having apologised profusely to my sympathetic boss, who then says I have no lessons all day because it's exam week.
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