The 15:17 to Paris Page #7

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But I don't know.

Maybe you guys will have

a different experience.

That's actually funny

you said that.

We were, like, debating

should we even

fit it into our trip or not.

- Yeah.

- What do you think?

I mean, I wanna see it.

I think we should, you know?

Just go experience it

for ourselves.

Might as well.

While we're here, you know.

But for today, we have Venice.

- That is true.

- That is true.

ALL:
Salute!

- It's good, too.

- Yeah.

SPENCER:
What are you guys

gonna get?

- ANTHONY:
Pizza! Pizza!

- Pizza.

Pizza!

ANTHONY:
Craving it all today.

- I know.

- I know. For real.

(BELL TOLLING)

Wow, this view is amazing.

Yeah, it's nice.

No, I'm good.

It's crazy. You can see

the whole city from up here.

SPENCER:
Yeah, man.

I feel like all we've been

doing is traveling.

We might need to like, slow it

down a little bit, you know?

Anthony, my man, you slow...

...down, you die. I know.

Yeah, yeah.

Maybe this is just, like,

a little different, though.

Yeah, I don't know, man.

You ever just feel like

life is just

catapulting you

towards something?

Some greater purpose?

You sure

that's just a cigarette?

If not,

I might need to hit that.

(CHUCKLING)

No, man, I'm serious. Like...

Sometimes, I don't even feel

like I have a choice, you know.

Like life is just pushing us

towards something.

Maybe it's, like,

life is meant to

slow us down sometimes,

too, you know.

SPENCER:
Yeah, well,

not today, my friend.

We gotta get up early

for Berlin tomorrow.

Rescue Alek

from that exchange student.

Ugh. You're right.

On to the next, I guess it is.

- SPENCER:
Yep.

- I'm pretty tired myself.

It's been a long day.

TOUR GUIDE:
Almost there.

This way.

Keep up. (SPEAKING GERMAN)

All together this way.

And now you see

this is a very important site.

This is the Fuhrerbunker.

This is one of the more

important sites

in our history,

and it is one of the, perhaps,

lesser studied sites.

This is where Hitler

killed himself,

as Russian forces

were closing in.

Wait, for real?

(SPEAKING GERMAN)

ANTHONY:
But I thought

Hitler killed himself

in the Eagle's Nest,

with the American forces

closing in.

TOUR GUIDE:
No, your American

textbooks are wrong

by about 700 kilometers.

The Kehlsteinhaus

is down in the south

and Hitler was here

with his wife, Eva,

and it was the Russians

who were closing in.

You Americans

can't take credit

every time

evil is defeated. Ja?

- (WOMAN LAUGHS)

- (LAUGHING)

Off we go.

This way.

(SINGING)

Springtime for Hitler

And Germany

Left.

Hey, I'm about to go check

my emails or something.

Text my dad.

All right. I'm just gonna go

grab a drink.

I'll be back in, like,

a little bit.

All right, sounds good.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER

AND LAUGHTER)

- Hi, how you doing?

- Hallo.

Can I just get a pint, please?

- (SPEAKING GERMAN)

- Stein. Beer.

- Ja.

- Thank you.

So what do you think

about France?

Do you think it's worth going?

(SPEAKING GERMAN)

- Uh...

- Um...

Where are you from?

Oh, uh, California.

Sacramento.

Awesome. California.

A beer for me, please.

Where are you headed next?

Uh, we're gonna go to France,

and then I think we're gonna

finish our trip off in Spain.

And Amsterdam?

Ah, we thought about it.

I don't think we're gonna

have enough time.

Oh, make time for Amsterdam.

I just got back from there

with my band.

Excuse me.

And I tell you,

one of my favorite things

to do when we're up there.

What's that?

- I got some truffles.

- (BOTH LAUGH)

Head out to the countryside.

And you know what I do then?

What? What's that?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

I do nothing.

I just look at the nature,

birds, songs.

They sing everything.

That doesn't sound

too bad to me.

- Making friends?

- Yeah, man. This is Anthony.

Oh, hello. How are you?

How you doing?

Nice to meet you.

He's been telling me

about Amsterdam.

- Oh, for real?

- Oh, Amsterdam.

- ANTHONY:
Good things?

- Very good things.

If you don't take

all the drug I do,

Amsterdam is fantastic.

The most nice people

in the world.

That's what

we've been hearing.

And beautiful women, too.

- That's what we are after.

- We might have to go see that.

We just might have to.

And history.

Don't forget the history.

Of course, the history.

All history

is necessary for life.

(ALL LAUGHING)

- To Amsterdam.

- To Amsterdam.

- It's settled.

- He persuaded us.

It's done. Just like that.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING

ON SPEAKERS)

(PEOPLE SHOUTING EXCITEDLY)

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)

Can I get two Red Bull

and vodkas and one beer?

Sure.

Alek, here, hand one to him.

- Hey, it's different, huh?

- ALEK:
What is?

This. Different from what

you've been doing.

Man, it's the same damn thing

we've been doing.

Remember the Perversion

Excursion, baby?

SPENCER:
Hey, come on, now.

You know

I don't remember that.

ALEK:
Is this really

what you guys have been

doing this whole time

without me?

Yeah, man.

Aren't you glad you came?

I really am.

- Yeah!

- Bought you drinks.

Hey!

- Cheers! Cheers!

- Hey, let me get in that.

Cheers!

(ALL CHEERING)

SPENCER:
Hey! I'm about

to make it rain!

Not as easy as it looks.

(HORNS HONKING IN DISTANCE)

(SPENCER GROANS)

Guys, we need to get up.

It's almost noon.

(ANTHONY GROANS)

SPENCER:
I feel miserable.

ANTHONY:
Last night.

Man, last night.

I still can't believe

I got on that stripper pole.

So hungover.

Let's go get some food

or something.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

- No, no.

- No, no.

No, thank you. Just water.

- More water please.

- Okay.

Man, last night was crazy.

This morning, though.

- Painful.

- That's the word.

- Sh*t. Even words are...

- Painful.

There it is.

Guys, we need to talk

about Paris, though.

I mean, like, at this point,

why even leave Amsterdam?

That was our best night yet.

Don't you think?

Yeah. Weren't you guys

saying that

everyone you ran into

was anti-Paris?

I mean, I guess.

They didn't have anything good

to say about it,

that's for sure.

Thank you. Or grazie,

or danke. Whatever.

- Just thank you, thank you.

- You're welcome.

So you guys

just wanna skip Paris?

Or at least delay it

a little bit.

(SIGHS) I'm starving.

Maybe it's like

you were saying,

life's kind of catapulting you

towards something.

Right now it's catapulting me

towards some hangover food.

Wait, what did you say?

I don't know, man.

It was something

I said in Venice.

I was caught up

in that European high.

- I'm not gonna lie.

- ANTHONY:
No, no.

You should have

heard this guy.

He was talking

about how life is

catapulting him

towards something,

like some greater purpose

or something like that.

- Spencer said that?

- I know. Deep sh*t, right?

Do you still think that?

I mean, I guess.

But nothing's actually

stopping us.

If we weren't meant

to be on the train tomorrow,

something would

physically stop us.

An object in motion

stays in motion,

unless acted upon

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