So, the buses are great. And cheaper then flying.
But there are some wacky people.
Our first example: The girl across the aisle from me on my first bus. She was a sweet but quite Asian girl, probably about my age. About halfway to Atlanta she pulls out her bag for a snack, and rather than candy or crackers like everyone else, she has Ziploc baggies of vegetables. And not just like one or two baggies, we're talking like six or seven full of all of these fresh, uncut vegetables. And she goes through and decides on a bag of cucumbers.
The guy currently across the aisle is carrying everything he owns in a giant see through garbage bag, and this sweet old lady in the seat in front keeps counting all of the people on the bus quietly to herself.
The bus drivers are sassy older men, and one of them caught a guy trying to sneak on the bus at one of these small Alabama towns and chased him away. The driver was surprisingly spry and chased the guy all the way out of the bus stop.
The people here are crazy.
And the buses are ghetto, but a harmless ghetto, so it is okay.
The buses also have WiFi, so I can continue to fight with the education department on fitting me into the last class I need for the spring semester.
Onward to Tennessee!
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Should I take a Greyhound Bus?
So: I am on a bus.
Going home was never an issue until my parents divorced the summer before my sophomore year of college. Then things got a little weird. I ended up having to move all of my stuff out of my house and into my teeny tiny apartment because my mom said she was probably going to move into a smaller house. Well, she ended up with a job she enjoyed, and I thought it safe to say I could always count on her being a short 2 hour drive from me. WRONG! She goes and gets promoted to run her own store all the way in Gatlinburg, TN.
Anyway, not having a car and my mom being 8 hours north, I have gotten on this bus.
And the big question I googled before hand: Should I take the Greyhound Bus.
Well.
So far so good.
I mean, the busses all have WiFi, so you can surf the web to pass the time. And the ticket prices have gotten higher, so for the most part the creeps are just outside the bus station. My ticket roundtrip was about $150, and so far I' m okay with that. It seems to be a lot of younger families and other college kids. I did take an earlier bus to try and avoid wackos, and I am pretty pleased.
I have a 1 hour layover in Atlanta, and if that isn't a disaster I'd say the bus is well worth it. So college kids or teenagers traveling alone a long distance, keep your guard up but don't worry too much. If you can not afford a plane ticket the bus works just fine.
Going home was never an issue until my parents divorced the summer before my sophomore year of college. Then things got a little weird. I ended up having to move all of my stuff out of my house and into my teeny tiny apartment because my mom said she was probably going to move into a smaller house. Well, she ended up with a job she enjoyed, and I thought it safe to say I could always count on her being a short 2 hour drive from me. WRONG! She goes and gets promoted to run her own store all the way in Gatlinburg, TN.
Anyway, not having a car and my mom being 8 hours north, I have gotten on this bus.
And the big question I googled before hand: Should I take the Greyhound Bus.
Well.
So far so good.
I mean, the busses all have WiFi, so you can surf the web to pass the time. And the ticket prices have gotten higher, so for the most part the creeps are just outside the bus station. My ticket roundtrip was about $150, and so far I' m okay with that. It seems to be a lot of younger families and other college kids. I did take an earlier bus to try and avoid wackos, and I am pretty pleased.
I have a 1 hour layover in Atlanta, and if that isn't a disaster I'd say the bus is well worth it. So college kids or teenagers traveling alone a long distance, keep your guard up but don't worry too much. If you can not afford a plane ticket the bus works just fine.
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