Monthly Archives: May 1995

It is 7:45 am and I am in my hotel room having a huge breakfast with croissants, baguette and tea, portion for two. The room can accommodate up to three persons as there are a double and a single beds … Continue reading →

I am now on a train heading for Bern. The train will depart at 8:13 am and arrive in Bern before 9:30 am. I plan to spend two to three hours touring around and then catch the train to Geneve. … Continue reading →

I am now in my hotel room in Zurich. It is 6:40 in the morning. I have planned to take the 7:07 train to Luzern but it is impossible now. The reception downstairs is still closed so I cannot check … Continue reading →

I am now on a train heading for Milano. It will stop at Strasbourg, my destination, at around noon. Finding a seat in the first class compartments was again difficult. Though I have the ticket, I have not made a … Continue reading →

I am now on a train to Luxembourg. The trip takes about three hours and there is one more hour to go. I went to Ghent yesterday. I think that the city was dismal and unattractive, at least to me. … Continue reading →

I am now in a cafe in Brugge. For the first time in this trip I can have a hot meal, a spaghetti! Not bread, not salad, not cookies. It is a hot dish they call snack, for 195 BF … Continue reading →

I am now in a hotel called "Windsor" in Brussels. It is 7:35 pm and it is raining outside. I saw the movie "Pretre" (i.e. "Priest") for the second time last evening at a cinema on av des Champs-Elysees. I … Continue reading →

I am now on a train to Dieppe, Normandy, which will stop at Rouen, my destination. It is raining outside. I hesitated this morning about what to do today so I started off late. When I finally got to Gare … Continue reading →

I am now in Montmartre, sitting in a cafe on the street. I don’t enjoy it much because it is windy and dusty.I went to Versailles, Musee Rodin, Hotel des Invalides and the Church of Sacred Heart. The weather was … Continue reading →

It is almost 10 pm now and I am in the hotel. It is raining outside. It has been raining since around 2 pm while I was playing the “Big Thunder Mountain” in the Disneyland. And I have stayed in … Continue reading →