b. Bus Doors
Perusing the map of the bus route, my friend and I searched for our stop, uncertain of where we were exactly.
"Well, the worst that could happen is that we don't get off in time for our stop and need to get off at the next one." My friend pointed out, "I mean, it's not like we're unused to walking."
I laughed and agreed with her, keeping an eye on the map and tracking our progress.
We were ready to go when our stop came around, but we didn't actually get off the bus. Because while we pressed to button to open the bus doors, they didn't open. And after waiting maybe 10 seconds, the bus pulled away from the stop, continuing onto the next one. With us still on board.
Good news was that it wasn't to far, or to complicated, to walk.
And that wasn't the end of our public transportation adventures. Trams that don't go all the way to the end of the route. Metro passes that get demagnetized. Just barely missing trains. Late busses.
Nearly everyday in Lisbon saw public transportation mishaps--er, adventures. In MN I'd hardly ever (cough never cough) used public transportation. But now...let's just say that taking the metro or catching a bus aren't quite as intimidating as they were before.
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