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7th June 201110th May: On the TrainNotes on my trip on TGV 6917. Non-stop from Paris-Gare de Lyon to Grenoble, departing at 11:38. According to Wikitravel, the journey is about 640 km long, or about 400 miles. There are so many parked up TGVs. Even some mail ones! How come, whenever I travel by train, I always have to sit fucking close to a crying baby? Fuck it. The interior of the train is pleasant. Rather than tables that you see on Mk 3s and 4s in Britain, here the tables fold out at your pleasure. There are also lights above the seats like on a ...
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6th June 201110th May: BullshitIt’s Monday. I’m on a non-stop TGV from Paris to Grenoble. Yesterday was a farce. Let me explain. After writing my last entry, at the Louvre end of the Jardin des Tuileries, I took a leisurely stroll to the opposite end of the gardens (by Place de la Concorde) to use the toilets. They weren’t particularly nice toilets and you had to pay to use them - I knew, because I’d been when I came with school in 2008 - but everyone needs a place to piss, the gardens are nice to walk though, so I didn't grumble... until I got there. They ...
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9th May 2011Revised ScheduleNobody could have predicted... I don't have enough time to post my travel log in 'real time' any more. By that, I mean posting each entry exactly 1 year ((= 365 days.)) after I first wrote it. I thought I was going to be able to handle it but I was wrong. And for that, I am sorry. Digitising the one or two thousand words which I wrote every day during my trip ((The days so far have been sporadic, but that's because it took a while to get up to speed with the writing when I was away. Things became more ...
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9th May 20119th May: Hostel SurvivalI'm sitting around a pond in the Jardin des Tuileries ((Approx: 48.862710, 2.329073.)). It’s Sunday, my last full day in Paris for this part of the trip. Today’s not been the best day but I want to talk about yesterday first. Actually, I need to go back to Friday before I get to that. I arrived at my first hostel (("Auberge Jules Ferry")) at about 3pm on Friday, shortly after writing my previous entry. It was alright. It seemed clean and quiet, and the receptionist was helpful and pleasant – I told him that I'd never 'hostelled' before. I was put in ...
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7th May 20117th May: Setting ForthTravel log. Stardate 201005.07 It's the 7th May. I’m at the Trocadéro ((One of my favourite places in Paris. Approximate location of where I wrote this: 48.861840, 2.289788.)) ((Ruairidh's Mum is sitting next to me.)). Firstly, I have a really sore ass and my belly feels weird ((Maybe it's bloated from sitting down so long on the bus, and having not eaten enough? Probably.)). Often a single ECML journey is enough to make me feel bloated if I forget to walk around a little, so I'm not surprised I don't feel too sprightly. More urgently: I need a mega piss. Do the ...
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About Wilf's Blog
I'm a mathematician, but apart from that, I'm a fairly normal guy. I used to write a blog - this blog. I write (wrote) about whatever is on my mind. It can get quite personal sometimes.
