it can also throw out meal times, since they are always served at local time. thus there was only one sitting for lunch, at 12 o’clock central time, which seemed fairly soon given that i’d only finished breakfast at 09:30. except that was 09:30 eastern time. add on an hour and suddenly lunch seemed that much further away!
i went for a wander after my coffee, exploring the train. one regret is that the baggage car at the back of the train denied me one of my great pleasures: standing by the window in the door of the final carriage, watching the track disappear behind us.
at lunch, i had a very 