I was sad to leave Venice as there were so many more Islands there that I wanted to explore but was happy too to carry on. This is nearing the end of our Easter trip and after a month of backpacking, I was a little tired. Rushing around from city to city is good in that many things are covered in a short time but I would prefer to take my time to savour the place. Smaller towns and countryside would be infinitely better, less crowds and the natural beauty appeals so much more to me who grew up in a city.
We took a 2 hour train ride to Milan and then a 4 hour train ride to Nice. It was fun at first to eat our breakfast and lunch. Then we chatted and admire the scenary until it got dull as we couldn't stop to admire properly. There was a gradual change to the cleaner and prettier French side. There was also a loooong stretch of sandy beach that increased our agony of being stuck in the stuffy train.
At Nice, we had to settle for a detour to Nancy then to Paris. Our original destination was Lyon but the available trains meant ridiculous timings so we forego Lyon (and the hostel booking fee $$$ ouch) for Paris.
When twiddling our thumbs in MacDonald while waiting for our train, a girl came up to Lydia and asked, "Are you from Dunman?" to a "No, but I stayed in Dunman hostel" and they started chatting. Xianhong, who was busy typing an email to his friend, Shang Chye, perked up when the girl said she was on exchange in Paris.
He asked, "Hey, do you know a guy called Shang Chye?"
She looked up and said, "Ya... (long pause)... he's my boyfriend..."
Stunned faces that break into laughter. That sounded straight out of a movie to me! Well, after that amusing chance encounter, we had to leave for our night train. Really sleepy!
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