Amy calling number listed in Rick Steves’ for the Lusty Music playing Tourist Tschu Tschu train up to St. Goar’s Castle:
Hello? Sprechen Sie English?
Man: Yes.
Amy: Are you the train that goes up to St. Goar’s Castle?
Man: Yes.
Amy: Are you running today?
Man: Yes.
Amy: Where are you? And when do you leave?
Man: Where are you right now?
Amy: In front of the train station
Man: Oh, just come, I am right here. You see the church?
Amy: The red one?
Man: The red and white one.
Amy: Oh, okay, where are you?
Man: Just walk past it.
Amy: When do you leave?
Man: Just come down here and we’ll talk.
We walk down, past the church, and we are very confused, doesn’t a train need train tracks? But no, not this one. This one is a Mercedes Benz Tractor pulled train. Oh yes. With Lusty Music.
We walk up to the front,
Amy: Hello? This is the train up to St. Goar’s castle?
Man: Maybe?
Amy: ????
Man: How did you get my number?
Brian (lifts up his Rick Steves’ Book): Rick Steves’
Man: That book is great, It’s like the bible. He has my number in there??
Brian: (flips through pages) Here!
Man: (takes the book) Yep, that’s my number. (admires the tabs (Brian added these and he is constantly saying how they’re awesome) Man gives it back to Brian)
We get on the Tschu Tschu Train and have the ride of our lives through the tiny streets of St. Goar, in full view of all the locals. If you think seeing people on a carriage ride is ridiculous, imagine seeing two people on a two car Tschu Tschu train going through a pedestrian zone. Yeah. That was us.