Leaving in the evening gives you the opportunity to de-stress and leave your apartment in good condition. (I mean the apartment!)
I took my time getting to the train station,
and my first surprise on this trip was that I arrived with a sore blister. Caused by the very same sandals I’d worn on my first Asia-to-Australia trip 2015!
On the night train to Bucharest, I shared a compartment with three Romanian women. The oldest had a strong voice, the middle one an even stronger one, and the third, who spoke a bit of English, tried to balance them out by speaking especially calmly. By bedtime, the woman with the strongest voice had a few ideas ready. A little tidbit every few minutes. The oldest answered in a firm voice so people in adjacent compartments could follow her argument. Instead of falling asleep, fueled by the fresh adrenaline from this attack, I had the opportunity to ponder the meaning of life until I understood it and was ready for sleep—or rather, for the next part of their communication.
I already knew about the cultural differences between people and their advantages and disadvantages, but now I was thinking about the evolutionary aspect of loud voices at night around a campfire. Would it attract or deter the saber-toothed tiger?