People are strange when you're a stranger.

Being dependent on public transportation to get from point A to point B is definitely a change for us coming from a two car household in Oklahoma City. Although most of the time it is rather uneventful, we have had a few interesting experiences on our treks.


Here are our top 10:

10. Listening to the conversations of all the different groups of kids on their way from and to school. It is ALWAYS good for a laugh.

9. Watching a guy transport his dishwasher on the bus. Wow.

8. Riding the bus home at 1:30 a.m. after celebrating into the New Year. There were some older couples on our bus that had apparently had quite the party...

7. Listening to an older lady (I'm not sure where she was from) argue with the guy who checks tickets. "In my country, we don't have to buy tickets." Ummmm.... riiiighhhht.

6. Joel missing a train that only comes every hour because he was standing on the wrong side of the tracks... when it was several degrees below freezing... AND snowing. In his defense, he was really, really tired.

5. A guy sitting across from Joel and whose facial expressions varied from extreme fear (think shaking and wide eyes) to rage (balled fists, clenched jaw) and back cyclically for the 5 min. we were in the bus with him.

4. Kendra running to catch the bus, completely biting it (in the mud) with a backpack and two bags full of groceries while the entire bus watched (no worries, the bus driver kindly waited for me to recover and get on the bus).

3. A middle-aged woman dumping her boyfriend (?) primarily because he doesn't give her enough money and she has found someone new (he was crying). However, she also took the time to explain to him each and everyone of his flaws. It was humiliating to say the least.

2. Carrying a Christmas tree on the bus and almost dropping it on a baby stroller.

1. Drunk old man in the middle of the day who was not only trying to give toys to small children but also gave the whole tram a harmonica and recorder concert. No matter how much I try to describe this scene, I will be unable to do it justice. We were all just very confused.