Apr. 20 – I hate taking cabs

Today was the first time that I ever used any type of transportation other than walking to get around St. Gallen. It’s been raining the last few days and I was trying to wait it out so that I could go grocery shopping on at least a semi-decent day, but I ran out of food before it stopped raining. So, my housemates and I decided to buy a lot of food today and split a cab on the way up instead of walking in the rain. Unfortunately, Cora and I couldn’t find Guillaum and Lisbeth in the grocery store, so we split our own cab.

It cost us 16.40 CHF to get home by cab instead of what typically is a 10-minute walk/climb. Agh! The cab driver totally went in a huge circle too, but we don’t really know which way is the exact way to drive to our house. We only knew that we weren’t taking the most direct route.

The stupid thing about not walking in St. Gallen is that, whatever alternative mode of transportation you choose, it will take you just as long, if not longer, than walking. This is because, when you walk, you take the stairs straight up the hill. When you take a bus or cab, it has to zig-zag on the roads to get to the top of the hill (where we live). I would have walked, but I bought so much stuff that I could barely carry it to the cab. Even if my other housemates are taking a cab home after clubbing, I’ll walk if someone will walk with me.