7-1-07 I got up around 6:30 got my stuff together and was out the door around 7. At the bus station I paid the 3.60 franc for my ticket, thankfully for the last time. It seems a little expensive to me. Within a few minutes I was at the train station. I remember the night before deciding against any train options with more than 5 changes as that would be just too hectic. I was just going to start getting on trains and see where I ended up at the end of the day. I hoped to end up in either [View Full Entry]

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6-26-07 I got up at 6:30 so I would have plenty of time to get to the train station for my 15 € ride to Bern, Switzerland from here in Barcelona, which left at 8:45. Everything went very smoothly and I arrived at the train station with about an hour to spare. I decided to go for breakfast and as expected no egg breakfasts anywhere to be found. Consequently, I walked around looking for a grocery store. I found one and almost bought something I thought was milk but the person told me in broken English that it wasn’t. This was [View Full Entry]

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6-23-07 I got up around 7:30 after a good nights rest and headed for the bus station. I got there and still had some time so I went to find breakfast. Of course no eggs to be found. I found a pastry place and got a couple pastries unsure of what they would taste like and I convinced them to sell me a liter of milk for a euro as well. They did not have small containers of milk. I didn't even think about it being warm and how I was going to get it open as it was in a [View Full Entry]

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6-19-07 Slept well last night and woke up in Portugal. I love these night trains. The gentle rocking motion of the train really knocks me out. I got up and stood outside our train sleeping compartment for about an hour trying to get glimpses of the surrounding landscape. The times I did see something out the window there was not much to see. The train arrived about a 1/2 hour late. I talked to a guy from Philadephia that was a construction manager there who told his boss he was taking off for awhile to travel. The boss told him as [View Full Entry]

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6-8-07 Audry and I got up around 8, I got my gear packed and we had a couple pieces of bread and some tea. We talked a little more. She works near the train station, where I needed to go so we walked together and rode the subway together. She gave me a subway ticket. We rode together for awhile, which seemed way to short as she is a very nice person, and then she got off and I continued on to the next stop. I had a few minutes to wait to get on the first train to Brussel, Belgium [View Full Entry]

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6-4-07 I got up around 7, had a quick breakfast and was out the door around 8:00. I walked to the metro station near the hostel, got on the train and was at the train station by 8:30 man things were going smoothly this day. I got in line at the ticket counter and waited a few minutes and then told the agent I wanted to go to Chartres. They told me you have to go to the other Paris Station. Damn what was turning into a very smooth morning, just took a turn in the wrong direction. I got another [View Full Entry]

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5-30-07 Man I slept great on that roll out bed. There were not kids running up and down the hall. Isabelle said I could probably join them for breakfast and not be charged for the meal as I would be her guest. I could not pass this up. They had a big buffet kind of like I envision being on the cruise boats. I had not had a breakfast like this since I left Batchtown. I felt like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman and had a hard time not acting like a beggar off the street. I loved the eggs and [View Full Entry]

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5-25-07 I got up around 7:30 and headed for the desk to type for a few minutes and then left for the bus station. I was excited to be heading for the Cinque Terre. I had heard so much good stuff about it. San Gimignano was cool and the Tuscany hillsides were very pretty, but I did not see any reason to be here any longer. I considered the places beautiful and relaxing but I could not stay there for long periods of time. For relaxation I choose Assisi over the others but really they all work and are great. I [View Full Entry]

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5-22-07 I got up around 7 and decided I better do laundry as I was out of clean clothes unless I wanted to wear my long underwear and sweatshirt. Considering it has been in the 80's, I did not really want to sport that attire. Of course nothing comes easy. I had no change for the laundry machine and ask the front desk for change and they said they had none. I said what? I had already on a couple occasions complained to this hostel and I did not want to press my luck and come across as a complainer. The [View Full Entry]

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5-20-07 I had gotten a pretty bad night's sleep as the road noise was loud and the guy in the bunk above me got in about 1:00 waking me up of course and then some backpackers got in about 2:00. I suspect I had gotten about 2 hours of good quality sleep. Two nights in the row bad sleeping. I suspect in the last 48 hours maybe 5 hours at the most of good quality sleep. I needed to keep this in mind when reacting to things as I know I am going to be a little difficult and impatient [View Full Entry]

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