Sofia to Belgrade Overnight Train: Guns, Smugglers and Bombs, Part Four, The Bomb
Thursday, October 19th, 2006This is a continuation of the most bizarre train I have ever taken. Please read introductions or other entries below.
For the next four hours, I slept fitfully, the carriage to myself. I vaugely became aware of the fact were stopped and woke up only to determine that no, this field and single track train station was not Belgrade.
At 8 a.m., 2.5 hours after we should have arrived, Julian walked into my carriage. I struggled to wake up. “Hey. What’s going on.”
Julian looked worried. “There has been a bomb. An explosion at the military base ahead. We’ve been stopped for a few hours while they look for more bombs.”
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