On meeting new people

Phil found a novel way to get to know fellow travelers. The Today show meant that we only had a couple short minutes to get train tickets, food, euros, and to find the right train. In order to help the process along, I went for the food and Phil went for the tickets.

In line he met a woman from Pittsburgh, who debated with him the merits of the calls during the Super Bowl while they waited in line. Since she was a few people in front of him, Phil asked her to purchase tickets on our behalf, as we were both going to the same event, the women's luge. Little did either of them know, but tickets for multiple people are issued on the same ticket. So Phil and I spent the entire day with Stacy, Brian, and their 4-year old son, Ben, who could bounce off about any surface. We ended up parting ways with them at about 11:00 at night. More on the luge later. Two pictures of the luge are up at photos.yahoo.com/erikemery. More later on the Fam we hung out with and the cool luge!