Urban Adventure

After work today, Mr.A and I parked Reg (our beloved SUV) and went off into the strange world (for us at least!) of bay area public transportation.

We didn't know what to expect but we came prepared. We were armed with quarters, a 511.org itinerary, BART schedules, more quarters, bus routes, bus schedules, and still more quarters.

We worked the BART ticket machine like pros, joined the rush of people catching the next train and was soon sitting comfortably in the plush seats* of the bay area transit's pride and joy.

I took note of the stations we were passing by -- Berkeley, Ashby, MacArthur.

And I can't help but think -- Kita mo nga naman, dati ang tinitignan kong mga istasyon ay Edsa, Gil Puyat, Vito Cruz. Talagang kay bilis at kay dami ng mga pagbabago sa buhay ko.

Before long, we reached our stop. We got sidetracked for a while trying to figure out where to get bus transfers (sayang din kasi, 25 cents din ang mababawas sa pamasahe namin). We gave up for fear of missing the bus we're supposed to catch.

As it turned out, we did miss the bus :0P We had to wait 15 minutes for the next bus. We spent the time playing pendong kotseng kuba. Yep, we're juveniles that way :0P Pero talaga, nare-realize naming mag-asawa dahil sa larong ito na ang dami pala talagang kalbo at kotseng kuba dito sa Amerika!

Finally, our bus came. The bus ride is actually just 20 minutes but it seemed a lot longer because we were anticipating our stop the whole time. And our stop was the last on the route :0P Kita mo naman sa mukha ng asawa ko yung pagkainip hehe :0)

Finally, we managed to reach our destination which turned out to be a very nice and cozy-looking village. Parang maliit na Baguio nga sya e, with hills and all. We poked around for a bit and had dinner at this Mexican place with a great salsa bar.

After dinner, we went to the bus stop to start the return-trip part of our adventure.

Maybe you were wondering where we went and why. Well, this adventure is actually a dry-run of the routes I would take tomorrow afternoon for my interview. O di ba? Girl Scout ang lola nyo!

*(For someone used to the seats of LRT and MRT, believe me, the BART seats are like La-Z-Boys!)