Ispolkom
Engineer
Mrs. Ispolkom and I are planning a birthday weekend in Chicago this October, flying down on Saturday morning, visiting museums, going to the Lyric Opera, and returning on train #7 Sunday evening.
We were planning on the weekend of October 17-18, as that would allow us to see a singer we've never yet heard live.
But then I was looking at this Web site for the private car Caritas, which I often see parked at the St. Paul station.
If we change our trip back a couple of weeks, to October 3-4 we could take the Caritas back on train #7. Of course, at $195 each it would cost about twice as much as the roomette on the Empire Builder we have booked, and we'd be going to see a less-interesting opera, but I'm thinking this is a rare opportunity. It certainly seems a lot less expensive than other private varnish trips (heck, it's 20% less than repositioning trips were last year).
Does anyone have any experience or advice? Should we go for this?
We were planning on the weekend of October 17-18, as that would allow us to see a singer we've never yet heard live.
But then I was looking at this Web site for the private car Caritas, which I often see parked at the St. Paul station.
If we change our trip back a couple of weeks, to October 3-4 we could take the Caritas back on train #7. Of course, at $195 each it would cost about twice as much as the roomette on the Empire Builder we have booked, and we'd be going to see a less-interesting opera, but I'm thinking this is a rare opportunity. It certainly seems a lot less expensive than other private varnish trips (heck, it's 20% less than repositioning trips were last year).
Does anyone have any experience or advice? Should we go for this?
