Our trip to Slovenia had a bad start, as our tickets had been scheduled (mistakenly) for the previous evening and we had not caught the mistake while we were still at the Deutsche Bahn office. Luckily, we were able to ride anyway to Villach, the Austrian station in which we were to switch trains, and the trip from there to Ljubljana was in fact free with our InterRail passes (although Deutsche Bahn had sold us reservations for both legs of the trip under the pretense that they were required).
The wait in Austria sucked - the waiting room was comfortable, warm, and quiet until other people came in. First, a rather sketchy character who kept making beepy noises while playing with his cellphone (a beep for every keystroke seemed to be the setup. Why any cellphone owner would do this to his fellow human beings is beyond me). Then an older man that was drunk and talking to himself, and then, worst of all, a group of local teens (obviously not waiting for a train), came in and started talking - nay, closer to yelling - amongst each other... This was around 2 in the morning! We just wanted to sleep and stay warm for the two hours between our trains! We ended up spending the remainder of the night in the women's bathroom, which was heated, clean, and empty. Additionally, we could brush our teeth and charge our camera batteries.
Also, on the way out, I bought "sour apple" candy, made by Fiesta, a Spanish company - delicious!! It pretty much redeemed the entire two hours in Villach. On to the next train.
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