• Baku
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    6 months ago

    We got a royal welcoming committee in Donald. I think the entire town was here to greet us! All the school kids were lined up waving to us, all the industrial business we passed had nobody working - everybody was at the fence waving to us. Every level crossing there were 5-10 people waving

    I’ve been on many heritage trains, but I’ve never had a reception quite like that

    I’m not sure anyone told them we were running 50 minutes late and our 30-40 min stop was going to turn into a 10 min one though, so I think we disappointed them a little :(

    They all lined up to wave is goodbye 🥺

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      6 months ago

      Oh my gosh that’s so adorable. Donald has a special place in my heart, I love that everyone was excited for this!

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      6 months ago

      I hit my head on a low hanging Donald town sign when I was there. So if you see the sign for Donald, duck.

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        6 months ago

        Hah, that’s a good one!

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      6 months ago

      I’ve stopped off in Donald a bunch of times coming back from bush doofs. It’s a nice town.