This past Thursday in the wee small hours of the morning Tom and I were perambulating through downtown Columbus, ...still, the city was looking quite pretty at that hour, I’ve always been a yuge Megabus fan and cheerleader - $50 (or sometimes less – the price is determined on a first-come, cheapest-price basis, the first tickets for any trip going for, theoretically, $1) - for a tres comfortable round-trip from Columbus to Chicago. But alas, this time we found to our chagrin that Megabus had combined its Columbus – Chicago route with its Cincinnati-Chicago route so that what had formerly been a 7-hour Columbus-Indianapolis-Chicago itinerary was now a 10-hour (though advertised as an 8-hour) Columbus – Cincinnati – Indianapolis – Chicago route. ‘Twas a ‘waaaaay long ride. And our bus driver was as friendly and helpful as Megabus drivers generally tend to be. …to our customary place of lodging while in Chicago, The IHSP Hostel, ...though I guess that shouldn't come as a complete surprise as Tom and I are probably the oldest folks ever to stay at this hostel, which caters to young foreigners visiting the United States. The delightfully twisty hostel hallways: The dayroom: …to seek out some diner at a deli/restaurant called Goddess And Grocer. Tom and I made our selections from amongst the treasure trove of yummy choices, ... though many percentage points better in both flavor and appearance than the McDonald’s grilled chicken sandwich I’d had for lunch at the rest stop outside Indianapolis. After dinner we walked through the evening drizzle, To be continued...
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