July 29th Oh well, the Brits either relented, left, or else I was tired enough to ignore them. Whatever the case; I had a good, full sleep of at least 8 hours… good thing too, as I have 11 hours of flying, an 8 (?) hour stopover in Seoul, another 12 hours flying, not to mention the Auckland to Dunedin part, and for some reason I can never sleep this way; NZ-Europe, fine! Europe-NZ… not a chance! Anyhoo, repacked the bag to make (hopefully) the best use of space and set off for Gare Du Nord. There was less urine smell and not nearly as many beggars today; it was quite a nice day, sun shining but still quite cool and I found myself wondering if the travel bug wasn’t growing again already…. It was cured
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