Anyway where was I? Oh yeah Vicenza.Well come here it’s a cool place.Seems more lively on a weekend naturally.The squares were teeming the last few days but today( Monday) it’s very quiet but still kinda cool…it’s a pretty diverse city,as most industrial areas are these days and indeed have always been.The only thing that changes is the demographics of any particular area.They’ve always shipped in migrants to keep the wheels of industry turning…
Got my ticket sorted for tomorrow I think,actually not sure now.There was a definite language barrier…at the station first thing i did was ask the young lady who dealt with me about yesterday and got rolled eyes and a puff of the cheeks which I took to be Italian for “don’t fucking ask” so down to business and came away after five minutes with some tickets and €31 lighter.Only when I sat down for a coffee(Nero) over road and looked at them things didn’t tally up.For one thing they weren’t the trains I was looking to be on but they clearly exist.Ah well one way or another I will sort it out tomorrow at the station.In future I will pay more attention and try to tally up my Interrail with what’s happening at the actual station…
Talking of language…well it seems English is not widely known here but y’know you can get by.Even though my Italian is very very limited I have still managed to get what I want.Yesterday the fella in the tobacco shop couldn’t understand what I was asking and just as I was wondering how to mime “a pack of Marlboro Lights” it all clicked in.Anyway it makes life all that bit more interesting and funny…
Got some Swifts/Swallows( never could tell the difference) nesting above where I’m drinking.They’re amazing to watch in flight but far too fast & tricky for my amateur photographic skills…
Shoutout to my Hamburg Homegirl @sligo79 for the mosquito repellent heads-up.Got the spray she recommended called Autan tropical and it’s worked a treat.Swelling gone down,hotspots cooled and apparently it’s protects from West Nile Fever.So that’s nice…
Told a lie earlier when saying Vicenza was quiet.As I left about 7pm it was livening up and pretty busy…walked to hotel again for my steps brownie points and thought my “old” local must be open but alas not.Only been open once! So ended up at dodgy Loss Bar where angry Chinese wife greeted me with a smile and as all tables were full got afforded a seat on big Chinese bosses table…this is not the time to bring up Wolves or Fosun…
Forgot to mention how soft the water here is…it seems almost obscene to wash in the stuff it feels so good…
Laters alligators…
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Mornin me owd China (had to get that in lol)
I like your first opening paragraph…if you can’t do what you want to do at our age then gawd help us…think Mr Hotrod and sing their only real big song on an hourly basis Gareth.
I can’t really compete with your train journeys from my ‘moons ago’ travelling as most was by coach or sticking a thumb out by motorway sliproads but a memorable trip involved catching what we thought was a sleeper train from Munich to Istanbul (2 whole days then) …massive mistake !! Quickly found out we didn’t have allocated sleeping quarters…extra payment required on boarding and didn’t actually get to Istanbul at all…Millwall Mon (if you remember me telling you about him last time) decided he’d go on walkabout at one change …we searched everywhere, couldn’t find him and yes he had the tickets !!! Did we laugh about it when we eventually found him ??…not quite as you can imagine, we ended up in Belgrade…absolute nightmare !!
Anyroadup…safe journey tomorrow mar mate…oooh and have fun doing whatever you wanna do !!
Ps, just noticed Mr Wolfmon handle has returned !!
Yea I’m not as carefree these days as we all were back in our mad youth.Need to know exactly where,when & how…saying that still not sure about today’s tickets! Haha.We will see shortly…
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