So the morning rush to the train station was eased by a free ride on the tram through Nice. Since we did not know how to pay and the tram arrived very quickly when we got to the station, we decided to just jump on without paying.. meh.
This train is the first of many that we will be on for the next few months. Having said that, it was our first and we are a bit anxious as we did not want to miss a train or even worst, get on a wrong train!
The train station was insane! People waiting to run at any second to the platform when it gets assigned to a train.
When Platform F showed up beside our train, we booked it! Thinking that we would have some advantage of arriving at the platform first, we were wrong! The train just stops, without markings on the platform where the doors were going to be, so it was a bit of a gong show. This is the only leg I think in the next couple months where we had to fight for seats in second class as the rest are booked on first. Luckily the large bag on my back worked to my advantage when walking through crowds. =)
On the train was the first time I felt like I was a third wheel on this trip! Matt continues to have Hawkster in his hand ready to take a picture of him for any point of interest. I think he took about 20 pictures of him and the ocean..... its just water gathered... hmm
We sat close to a few Americans that were chatting about everything and anything. Although nothing too exciting happened for the remainder of the first leg, I did manage to over hear who won the Bachlorette! The American girl was chatting with three other guys and when she informed them who had won (not that any of them cared) I made a face.
She then called me out on it! Saying "do you watch The Bachlorette?! Because I just saw that face you made!" I replied "I can't believe she chose him!" She agreed and smiled "I'm glad we just had that moment!"
We are now in Italy, with an exchange at Ventimiglia which sits on the southwest border of France meeting with the northwest coast of Italy.
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