When in Rome.... Part One
Allegedly all roads lead to Rome. I must have taken a long detour as it now seems a crime to have put off visiting for so long. Last month I put things right on that front. I did not regret it!
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Thoughts in transit
When you travel there are those inevitable intervals where you have to wait for your train, plane or whatever your onward mode of transport might be. Sometimes it can be annoying, but for me it’s the perfect opportunity to plot up and watch life go by. This summer I have travelled around Europe on trains a lot, so I've not been short of occasions to indulge in this activity.
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Zig-zagging the Alps by train
Fountain at Piazza Giovanni Pedrazzini, Locarno
I love living in a part of the world where, to get from one part of the country to another, I can pass through a mountain, into another country and over another mountain to get to my destination. That country is Switzerland and I travelled from Montreux in the French part to Locarno in the Italian-speaking canton Ticino as part of my On Track for Summer project.
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Compact and a little bit courageous couchette
Spacious it wasn't but that bottom bunk had my name all over it!
It was with some trepidation that I boarded my night train in Zurich bound for Lljubljlana, Slovenia. Not only was I travelling on my own, I was in a mixed 4-berth couchette for the 12 hour duration. Who would my fellow couchettees be; male or female, would I be able to communicate with them, both in terms of language and behavior or worst case scenario, might the whole journey be spent in silence, awkwardly edging around each other in a weird and uncomfortable game of twister?
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