So we followed the horde like lemmings to the train. I couldn't understand the PA, but my companion clearly heard that it was the embarkation call. Then an unintelligible announcement that embarkation of the Acela train was ready, somehow made its way through the CNN blare. Comfortable, but definitely not luxurious. There are plastic-wrapped pastries, a beverage station, plenty of seating, and a blaring CNN TV. The interior of the lounge was like a Holiday Express continental breakfast room. She indicated that we could proceed around the corner to the back and to the lounge, and then turned back to her computer screen where I can only presume that she was monitoring the website "How many days to my government retirement pension." All in all, Lounge access is efficient, but understated and brisk, as if I'm entering a 1920's speakeasy lounge. Luckily my companion had our paper tickets ready and encased in a plastic sheet holder, and that satisfied the prison matron. Apparently, more than five seconds of phone searching is too long, and the prison matron started barking if I had a paper ticket. My companion and I approached the prison matron, and I started searching on my phone for my e-tickets. I pulled one door to enter, and at that moment I finally saw a tiny one inch placard on the door which said Acela lounge. It has all of its servers based in the US and it uses those servers to perform a speed test of your internet connection. Then someone walked out of the left door and I poked my head inside and I was told to use the other door. Speakeasy - TestMySpeed Visit Speakeasy is a simple platform that allows you to check the speed of your internet connection. The left pair had a huge posted safety sign posted on a stanchion in front of it. We found ourselves at a wall with a pair of wood paneled doors. He pointed out the direction and I went to where he pointed. No attendant was at the information desk, but three Red Cap men were hanging out in front of the Red Cap luggage carrousel, (as if they were hanging out on a sidewalk in front of a cheap liquor store.) I was about to ask the first Red Cap for directions to the Acela Lounge, but then his bulky walkie-talkie started squawking and he started bellowing into it, and so then I approached the second Red Cap. My companion and I strolled into Union Station, around the corners from the ticketing hall, and toward the center of the lounge near the information desk and the Red Cap men. What I mean is that the access doors are in the center of the back wall of the general waiting lounge. The 1st Class Acela Lounge in Washington's Amtrak Union Station is hidden in plain sight.
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