Who often travels by rail, knows, how boringly is sometimes in the train. It is good if the road takes only night — it is possible to fall asleep in the city and to wake up already in another. And if to go three days? Let's look what are options to have a good time in the train.
For many people the obvious answer to a question of how to kill time in the train, an opportunity is it is noisy to sit. One company with a large amount of alcohol can spoil a trip to the whole car if it is about a reserved seat. What to tell about the closed compartment from where the passenger just has no place to run away from the drunk company. For this reason alcohol, too loud laughter, offensive language - all this occupations "what cannot be done of the category in the train" at least out of respect for people around. Let's look for other ways.
Occupations in the train
We offer several options of occupations in the train, from the most obvious to quite unusual:
- Drink to tea with something tasty. Behind this occupation time flies quicker.
- Get acquainted with the representative of an opposite sex (not to confuse with annoying stickings!). All the same you go to one party — suddenly will still be crossed. Flirtation — in general a magic way to brighten up any boring pastime. In case of success, time in the train will seem also too rapid.
- Just begin to communicate with neighbors. Who knows, perhaps, the meeting will be fatal and you will find the new friend or new hobby.
- Take in the road the laptop, the tablet PC or other gadget that was what to be engaged in the train. The computer is both communication with friends, and watching movies, and work... The main thing that the charge of the accumulator was enough for all road. However, it is possible to agree with the conductor to recharge batteries.
- There is no computer — such entertainment in the train as correspondence by SMS with friends or darlings will help to brighten up the road too.
- Stock up with crossword puzzles, road chess, cards and other board games. As a last resort, they can be bought from the conductor. Even if you go one, will be able always to find partners in a game among fellow travelers who toil from inaction too and do not know how to spend time in the train.
- Puzzles will help to brighten up the road if you do not find persons interested to play board games.
- Take needlework in the road. The pacifying knitting, embroidery, a macrame, etc. under measured the knock of wheels is practically meditation.
- Reading. The fact that you wanted to esteem long ago, but were not in time due to the lack of free time will help to pass away time in way.
- You leave at stations, warm up legs, buy fruit and pastries.
- The road — the great place slowly to think, rethink, construct new plans. Think up the purpose for the next 6 months or year, carefully think over steps to its implementation, make the action plan. On it not one hour can leave.
- Buy abstracts, examination cards to the road if you somewhere study.
- If really long and tiresome road is necessary, take a guitar.
- Be engaged in exercises for a relaxation, respiratory gymnastics, yoga.
- If all occupations in the train bothered, have a sleep. Long ago dreamed to get enough sleep? In the train you have such chance!
The question, than to be engaged in the train, will disappear by itself if you behave openly and friendly. You should not sit gloomy in a corner and to look only out of the window. Hours-long, and especially the multi-day road will seem you hell because of the absence of interlocutors and occupations. Think in advance of how you will spend time in the train, stock up with food, the periodical press, handles, the notebook, gadgets, etc. Try to be where there are a lot of people, it is better than your age. And the question, than to be engaged in the train, forwarding will turn into interesting and useful time.
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