{"id":2521,"date":"2015-04-25T19:13:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T19:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennywilsonmusic.wordpress.com\/?p=2521"},"modified":"2015-04-25T19:13:19","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T19:13:19","slug":"my-european-interail-diary-part-1-6th-april-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennywilson.space\/index.php\/2015\/04\/25\/my-european-interail-diary-part-1-6th-april-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"My European Interail Diary Part 1 6th April 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:medium;\">Well,I\u2019m feeling a pretty strange. I\u2019m writing this on a train heading for Montpellier where I have a bit of a wait before I get a\u00a0 train to Barcelona. A month ago it seemed like a good idea and I\u2019m sure it will eventually be one (idea that is). It\u2019s good to do something different! I flew from Gatwick to Nice yesterday and ever<\/span><span style=\"font-size:medium;\">ything seemed fine. Monarch Airlines were a bit odd and their baggage policy is even worse than Ryanair but they eventually let me on to the plane after queuing for about an hour. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:medium;\">When I got to Nice Airport everything was good and there was even a bus waiting to take me to the centre of town. I thought it would take me all the way to the railway station where I had booked a hotel, the Elvira, but it stopped way before then. Panic!! It was also pouring with rain and cold. This wasn\u2019t supposed to happen! This is supposed to be the sunny Riviera!! I asked the driver in atrocious French how to get to the station and I managed to understand that I needed to get the tram. Somehow I stumbled upon the tramlines and walked along until I found a stop. Fortunately, my bus ticket was okay for the tram and I eventually arrived at the station at about nine o\u2019clock. Another half an hour of getting wet and lost I was standing outside the hotel with the door locked and no-one at the reception. At this point a certain feeling of misery and panic crept in. Eventually, I was let in and finally got into my room with the sound of rain dripping on my tiny balcony through an open window. A dim, single light dangled from the centre of the ceiling. I slept badly and was afraid I would miss my train the following day. I set two alarms but didn\u2019t need either of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 267px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-J_0WfsyP_MQ\/VS_dDKYkV_I\/AAAAAAAADe0\/RP6zCrxWSPY\/w415-h737-n-o\/20150406_083110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"474\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hotel Elvira, Nice where I spent my first night!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size:medium;\">After a strange night of weird dreams and feelings of disorientation I had a nice couple of hours looking round Nice and am now on the train writing this, still feeling strange but adjusting to the little adventure I have set upon. The weather\u2019s better now as well. Another eight hours and I will be in Barcelona. Can\u2019t wait!!<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 541px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-dsnJH-xapN4\/VS_dDLguwTI\/AAAAAAAADAw\/3BbV3sf5U6o\/w791-h445-n-o\/20150406_083806.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"304\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nice station. Off to Barcelona!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well,I\u2019m feeling a pretty strange. I\u2019m writing this on a train heading for Montpellier where I have a bit of a wait before I get a\u00a0 train to Barcelona. A month ago it seemed like a good idea and I\u2019m sure it will eventually be one (idea that is). It\u2019s good to do something different! 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