Because 9:30 on a wednesday night is a perfectly normal time to strike.

Tonight Lucy and I were craving fajitas and went into town to the Mexican restaurant we always go to (Cabana Tacos!). We left after our class which doesn't let out until 8, so it was 8:30 by the time we were in the restaurant and seated and everything.

We then went on to eat SO MUCH FIJITASSSS!

We finished and payed and all that good stuff, and left the restaurant, which is just next to the Republic tram stop. Well the sign that usually displays the next 3 train times, had a notice that due to a strike, this stop was not currently not running. Oh awesome. So we walked to the next one, and the next one, and the next one, and eventually all the way home. Which is not close, by the way. Its a distance that you usually pay for a 12 euro taxi long before you choose to walk it. I've only walked it once before, and it was horrible. It took us an hour, and it just seemed like forever. I'd heard too, that others have made it in just 45 minutes, but still, thats pretty far.

Well tonight, we really just intended to go 2 stops to Lafeyette, where it is almost always running to and from when its on strike. And there was a notice on one of the boards saying that is where service picked up again. So we made our way to Lafeyette, and there were times posted, but it was still flashing the notice that this stop was not in service. And the soonest one was meant to be another 15 minutes. So we thought, well if we have to wait this long out here, we may as well just walk to the next stop. But as we got to each stop, it was still always like 15 minutes. They really weren't changing, so we ended up just walking all the way. I think that it didn't seem as bad though, because we never set out to go the whole way, just to the next stop.

To go from the Town Center to campus is 8 tram stops. We walked 5, and then we took the shortcut. It was still an experience. And Lucy and I felt bad that 2 other girls decided to go for fajitas with us, and ended up having to walk home. Bummer.

But hey, we worked off those fajitas I guess.