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InterRail
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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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5th May 20115th May: A False Start[This brief entry was written today, in 2011. My first real diary entry was on the 7th. You can read it on Saturday, or go ahead and do so now if you’re from the future. I’ve written about this day before, just after it happened, but this will be a new and separate post.] It was Wednesday the 5th. General Election day. One of the worst days of my life. I’d been waiting for this day for weeks. What a shame. I left the house with trepidation, excitement and fatigue ((I’d been up late, packing, and had only slept for a few hours.)), ...
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5th May 2011May’s Project: My French Travel Log – An IntroductionLast May, I spent most of the month travelling around France by train. It was the climax of my (so-called) 'gap year', and all clichés aside, it was one of the best things I've ever done ((Yes, really. I'm thinking of doing a similar sort of thing again next year.)). It changed me for the better. I kept a diary on that trip and I updated it almost every day. I didn't write a diary before going to France ((Except for a brief stint in 2003 after my Mum had bought me a diary for Christmas.)) and I haven't written one ...
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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.
