so, u miss me yet ? well i m kinda missing having you around, my afternoon grey earl tea sessions (full cream milk and no sugar) and having someone to constantly chat too. i hope all is well and i m very sure u are missing me more hah.
(feels like venice althought i dont know what venice is)
Day 18: sleeping in.
so i had to leave this ghostless town as soon as possible. but i over slept abit and had the quickest breakfast ever and then grabbed my bag and headed to the bus station at 8.35. The bus arrived at 8.45 and i reached the station at 9.00. so i thought great. the train leaves at 9.26. i have 26 minutes to get the ticket, jump on the train and i am on my way. went to to the ticket counter and the queue was loooong. looks like everyone is trying to escape this town too. i was like i had to get on the train coz if i dont the next one is at 12.35. i just had to. so i saw the ticket machine went on it and everythings great until i had to pay with my credit card. apparently they dont accept the australias card coz we dont use the chip system. we use the old fashion magnetic swipe. urgh !
so i jumped back onto the queue which is now longer. when it reached my turn, it as 9.26 exactly. and suddenly the schedule on the screened blinked. train delayed for 5 minutes. i was like YES ! got my tix in 2 minutes and ran to the platform and jumped on the train. the train left as soon as i got on. i was like great. i sat down looked at the screen and it said, destination: genova. urgh ! i was like great. now what. so i kindly asked the person on the next row. this italian guy said, yes this train is heading to annecy but no its not stopping there. there are 2 trains connecting and it will split later and the train to annecy is in front. so u gotta jump off the next stop and move forward. i was like great thank you and started telling him how great italians are and how i should go visit italy. he was so glad that he helped me.
arrived at the station. whoa. this place is awesome. its so beautiful. this french was telling me that there are 5 most beautiful cities in france and annecy is one of them 5. checked into the hotel and went for a look around.
saw a pharmacy along the way. gave in and went into to try to get something for my throat. i asked the lady if she spoke english and she said, "a little".
so i explained and she gave me this huge bottle of cough syrup and said "take 1 teaspoon 3 times a day". i m like you are kidding me right ? "can i just drink the whole bottle ?" she got so worried and said, "no no maximum 4 times a day ! no more !" so i paid and took the huge bottle that i have to lug around now. opened the box and read the instruction. gawd. there were so many precautions on not to take this drug, it almost sounds as if this bottle is poisoned. i m desperate. i'd take anything.
went back to the hotel and slept the day away ...
xxx. j.
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