The Rental Van

Alas,
it was time


to walk to
the AVIS office,


fill out
paper work


and get
the keys


for our
rental van.



Then we
walked
farther

toward
the river,

past
Peppe's Pizza,

to a service
station lot


for a
BIG
surprise –

a nine-
passenger
vehicle

with lots
of room

for luggage.



With such space,
all eight of us
hopped in
to ride to the
train station,

gathered our
luggage from
the storage
lockers,

packed up,

got Kjell's car




and

hit

the

road


going

north






through
tunnels –


some
even


a mile
or more

long –




to our
first stop –

where Avis
had her photo
taken with
the AVIS van –

at our
hosts' home.