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After visiting the three missions it was time to drop off our rental car and head out to the train station downtown El Paso. Being quite early, I was able to get us an upgrade from a roomette to a room. We had called before to upgrade but were told that everything was booked. But we lucked out and were able to upgrade to a room. We were ecstatic! We didn’t like the idea of spending time in a tiny two-seat cabin – not even enough room for our luggage.
Jim ran out to get us some lunch since it was past 3:00PM and we hadn’t eaten since our early breakfast. I was checking my watch every so often kind of worried he was going to miss the train… but he did come back with fresh sandwiches from a local shop near our hotel.
A slight scare before getting in our cabin. The attendant told us that our upgrade was not valid due to some maintenance that needed to be done. We were a bit worried that we couldn’t get to our larger cabin but the conductor said that if we wanted to take it we could – however, at our own risks in case something was broken. We checked everything in the cabin before saying yes, and since we didn’t see anything wrong, we took it. In the end, all went very well. No issues at all with the cabin.
The Sunset Limited is the name of the train between El Paso and New Orleans is 24 hours, the longest so far for us on the train. The service was great and it was closer in style to the “Orient Express” train with white-linen dining, servers, and good food. Everyone was very friendly. This particular train ride was the best so far!
We spent time playing Mille Bornes (the English version) and Jim kept saying I was cheating… not true. But the rules were a bit fuzzy at first! We figured it out eventually. We also spent time going over our photos and writing the text for my blogs. A very relaxing trip.
We arrived in New Orleans over one hour late and got an Uber to get to our hotel, the Omni Royal Hotel in the heart of the French Quarter.
But bad surprise when we got to our room – the sink was broken. We called the front desk and they moved us to another room. However, the room was a significant downgrade to the room we had originally booked. Too tired to argue on the phone with personnel, we decided to wait tomorrow morning to talk to the hotel manager.
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Thanks for your blog, nice to read. Do not stop.