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alright we got a check out of this

little town now today is gonna be oh by

the way good morning

we are still in this hotel in South Glen

Burnie Maryland but we gotta meet our

shuttle driver down here

we told the shuttle driver we've got to

go to the Baltimore Airport which i

think is a free shuttle for us

that's versus paying 20 bucks for lift

and they offer a free shuttle for people

that travel to the airport which we're

going to the airport not to take a

flight but to take a train so we can

take the train from there to Washington

DC we still got to figure all that out

but we don't have our van anymore

so we have everything packed up in our

backpacks at our bags yeah has a lock

we've got three of these duffle bags and

we put stuff in there we're gonna need

for the next two and a half weeks we had

this collapsible duffel bag I don't know

if it's gonna be sturdy enough hopefully

we don't need to use it but this is one

that we can pull out the secret weapon

we got a backpack for Yoda this is a I

think if the airline approved backpack

another duffel bag there right now we

just have for a litter box in this will

probably just chuck it before we fly we

can still buy a new one at the next

place kids backpacks make sure we have

everything from this room because we got

to go downstairs now

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yeah look at the stretch both food

there's I guess there's like a steak

thing there's a pack of like ribeye

steaks really sad

we didn't plan right we didn't eat the

food that we're supposed to because the

weather got so crazy

we'll see well we can't take it make

sure we can't take it I don't know I

don't even know if we get there

uber will need a uber Excel which is

gonna see lyft I mean yeah lift exhale

$98 how much is a ribeye steak worth

about 20 bucks but it's all of anyways

so this would be exciting to learn about

the public transit system here between

Baltimore and Washington DC all right

right this is how we're gonna travel to

Europe like this everything that we have

with us

good they're gonna rain huh yeah you

don't pull it off a little bit

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where you guys from

over in California yeah West Covina is

like 20 miles away maybe okay

actually our friends live in between us

and West Covina in Rancho Cucamonga so

evil

well we drove our camper from there to

here and we were shipping it out of

Baltimore to Europe to travel for a

couple years and then we'll flying out

of DC Wow so today's our moving day

we're here now at the BWI rail station

which is under construction I had to go

buy the ticket over there and like this

temporary building and just so happens

that it's also raining its first time

it's rained since we've been here

I'm not complaining because it's

actually making the temperature nicer

but today that we're out not in the

air-conditioned room but it is making

transporting all of our stuff very

difficult heavy I see a train coming

that's not our train though it's not our

train

so this Amtrak train right here is also

going to Washington DC which is where

we're going hear that thunder

except this train is like almost $60 a

person because it's the Amtrak but the

next train that's coming that'll be our

train that is the mark train

I forget what its stands for something

Maryland area rail something but that's

the train we're going on no takers also

to Washington DC and a $7 a person so

for five of us it's 35 bucks to go from

here to Washington DC which is actually

pretty reasonable considering how far of

a drive it is except we need to be in

Alexandria which is going to be another

train ride potentially from there to

Alexandria so we'll see how far and how

expensive that cost so far it's 35 bucks

had we taken a left to go from here

directly to the next hotel that we're

staying at I was gonna be like a hundred

and ten dollars and on top of that we

have like a fridge full of food which

probably cost us like I don't know 50

bucks that were abandoning because we

can't carry it with us

I have Marlene says had we gone with a

left we would have been able to take all

the food we'll get there in an hour so

this whole travel day may not end up

saving us necessarily any money but

it'll be a good experience I hope it'll

be one it'll be one to remember so just

doing some quick math here on the cost

of this travel day

I mean I like to think that we were

probably gonna get rid of all that food

anyway right there's not likely you're

gonna be able to make anything to eat

with that pesto it's not likely we're

gonna well if I eat the hot dogs that's

just a few bucks the big things are like

the sauces the steak steak was like $25

probably gone value the way cuz I think

taking a lift would have taken like a

good hour and a half - disregarding what

we're losing in the food that we gave

away I think we're still it's gonna be

pretty close to about paying the same

thing once we get to Union Station in

Washington DC we'll have to walk a few

blocks over to another train station

which doesn't make sense to me what

would unit station have all the trains

go there but we'll find out when we get

there we'll walk over to the other Marx

train station which is gonna let us go

on the yellow train that would take us

south into Alexandria

I think presumably under the Potomac

River and it goes by like the Pentagon

and it goes around over to Ronald Reagan

Airport and then from Ronald Reagan

Airport goes to Alexandria at the

station about a mile away from where our

next hotel is gonna be more likely than

not we're gonna take a lift from there

which I lugged in an estimated time and

cost for a lift to go from the station

is like $7 I think this is our train

we're ready

all right now we're on the train I'm not

exactly sure when we get off how many

stops but I'm hoping they will tell us

so going back to the whole cost thing

this is $35 to right this train and

presumably when we get on the next train

it could cost us another $35 it's not 70

bucks and if the lift prices don't spike

the lift XL from the end of the next

train to the hotel will cost between 7 &

8 dollars so we're looking at 77 78

dollars maybe 80 dollars probably at the

most for today's travels that's with so

our sort of minimal walking the only

walking will do is between the two train

terminals while we're in DC so let's

hope that there's not gonna be a lot of

rain during that section right when we

get off of this train to walk to the

next station

hopefully that part that's the only

unknown right now so let's see how that

goes do you have anything that

how's your experience so far it's fine

just the rains kind of on our back

but the rain also helped the temperature

cool down a lot

we're worried about Yoda said she's

enough pet carry yeah so this is a

better day for travel

for sure but it's not like we were going

to leave her in any kind of heat anyway

show beware where we are yeah let's see

if we can find some cool scenery through

these train windows

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slight change of plans after

reevaluating our situation for one stop

away from Union Station in Washington DC

that's gonna be the end of this line

when we get off of there I noticed that

it was a one-point two mile walk or a

lyft ride from there to the next train

station where the other train will ready

to catch goes down to Alexandria I was

gonna cost like nine dollars on lift

whatever the train ticket cost will be

for the next train we'll probably not

worth it because we'll have to take yet

another lift once we get there so just

between the two lists we're talking

about like 15 to 20 dollars and then I

just looked to see what what it will

cost for a lift to take us from Union

Station directly to the hotel in

Alexandria and that was gonna be like

$35 so it just makes more sense to go

directly from Union Station and take a

lift and have the lyft driver drive us

there that's all we're gonna do

make sure we're figuring all this out

all these different options out on

Google Maps you can say I want to walk I

want to ride a bike

I want to drive or I want to take public

transportation really confusing to look

at first because you don't know there's

a little train icon a little bus icon

and there's other different like colors

and different every city's got its own

different like transit systems so unless

you're familiar with your particular

city that you're in it's really

difficult to figure it all out until you

get there and once you get there then it

makes sense okay now this icon is for

the market rate which is what we're on

and this icon is for Amtrak that's why

we're on this icon is for their their

Department of Transportation bus system

that's why they're on so now we're

starting to figure it out well we're

actually on one of these transportation

units so it's helpful but it'll take a

little getting used to with a little

learning curve there's that that's how

we're doing it if you're wondering one

thing to know though about Google Maps

and using that to pick your public

transportation is that it doesn't tell

you the price so there's no easy way to

figure out which method is cheaper

because obviously there's a whole bunch

of different ways to get from one place

to another using public transportation

so

you still have to actually go to the

station go to the ticket counter or go

to the ticket machine and figure out the

whole cost there's just no way around

that yeah

Union Station

just got off the mark train now we're

gonna go up try to find a lift to take

us all the way to our hotel in

Alexandria

hopefully they haven't gone on a surge

pricing

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okay we're now in the middle of

Washington DC just got off the train

came out of the Union Station terminal

we're gonna try to figure out how to get

a lift to take us up by the way you can

also get lift from within Google Maps

which is kind of neat and I think

Bluebird has like a integration versus

lift just gives you like a estimate on

price takes you to the app to actually

book a trip takes people 31 dollars a 66

cents do it here we go

it is a hyundai veracruz coming there's

a lot of clouds I mean look at those big

puffy clouds all over us or like in a

clearing with clouds all the way around

this so it's not raining right now while

we wait which is nice if we didn't have

all of our stuff in Yoda with us we

could go do some sightseeing today it's

because the Capitol is right there and

actually today is when they're doing the

John McCain's body is actually in the

Capitol building right now as we speak

and I don't know if it's gonna be so

it's just today or if it's gonna be

there for longer

big firetruck wonder what's happening

when you don't have the rain and you

know don't have the clouds it's hot

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we got our room here at the knee hotel

where we're gonna be staying for 14 days

and then after we leave here we stayed

two days and another hotel closer to the

airport where we're gonna be at and then

hop on the airplane and go to Europe for

now we're gonna get apparently get very

familiar with this place for the next 14

days we're having to spend 14 days

anywhere in a row and we are in the road

finally here's a long travel day it'll

be a good base for us to kind of venture

out from here for now we're gonna unpack

our stuff and try to make this place

feel like home for a few days

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
shuttle /ˈʃʌtəl/ A2	noun - a bus or vehicle that transports people between two points on a regular schedule
duffel /ˈdʌfəl/ A2	noun - a cylindrical bag made of heavy cloth, used for carrying clothes or equipment
collapsible /kəˈlæpsəbəl/ B1	adjective - able to fold or be folded compactly for storage
transit /ˈtrænzɪt/ A2	noun - the system or process of transporting people or goods from one place to another
Amtrak /ˈæmtræk/ A2	noun - a national passenger railroad service in the United States
surge /sɜːrdʒ/ B1	verb - to increase suddenly and powerfully

Key Grammar Structures

• we told the shuttle driver we've got to go to the Baltimore Airport

  ➔ Present Perfect (have got to)

  ➔ The phrase "we've got to" is a colloquial way of saying "we have to," indicating an obligation or necessity.

• that's versus paying 20 bucks for lift

  ➔ Comparative Structure (versus)

  ➔ The word "versus" is used to compare two options, highlighting the contrast between them.

• we still got to figure all that out

  ➔ Modal Verb (got to)

  ➔ "Got to" is a modal verb expressing necessity or obligation, similar to "have to."

• hopefully we don't need to use it but this is one that we can pull out the secret weapon

  ➔ Adverb of Hope (hopefully)

  ➔ "Hopefully" expresses a wish or desire for a particular outcome.

• I forget what its stands for something Maryland area rail something

  ➔ Contraction (it's)

  ➔ "It's" is a contraction of "it is" or "it has."

• except this train is like almost $60 a person because it's the Amtrak

  ➔ Simile (like)

  ➔ "Like" is used here as a simile to compare the price to something familiar.

• I was gonna cost like nine dollars on lift

  ➔ Informal Future (was gonna)

  ➔ "Was gonna" is an informal way to express a planned action in the future.

• make sure we're figuring all this out

  ➔ Present Continuous (are figuring)

  ➔ "Are figuring" indicates an action that is happening now or in the process of being completed.

• we'll have to walk a few blocks over to another train station

  ➔ Future with 'will' (we'll have to)

  ➔ "We'll have to" uses 'will' to express a future obligation or necessity.

• more likely than not we're gonna take a lift from there

  ➔ Comparative Adverb (more likely than not)

  ➔ "More likely than not" is a comparative adverb phrase indicating a high probability.