Christmas 2010
or The European Re-enactment of ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’
Left Cirencester, UK on Tuesday, 21st at 8am
Arrived in Pisa, Italy on Thursday, 23rd at 2pm.
Tuesday 21st
- Cirencester – Kemble: 4×4/car
- Kemble – Swindon – Reading – Southampton: trains
- Southampton – West Cowes, Isle of Wight: bus, ferry
- Movies, pub and good night sleep at my brother’s…
Wednesday 22nd
- West Cowes – Southampton Airport: ferry, bus, train
- Southampton Airport – Paris Orly Airport: plane
- Paris Orly – Paris Bercy Station: taxi
- Paris Bercy …
Thursday 23rd
- … Florence: overnight train with stops in Dijon, Lausanne and way too many Italian towns
- Florence – Pisa: train
Photo-summary
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- Kemble Station, just outside Cirencester
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- Kemble Station, just outside Cirencester
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- On the train from Kemble to Swindon and then Reading
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- Tron on a train?
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- Leaving Cirencester… on the train from Kemble to Swindon
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- Leaving Cirencester…
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- Reading Station
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- On the train from Reading to Southampton
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- An elf is driving the bus in Southampton
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- A lost elk in Southampton
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- Ferry from Southampton to West Cowes, Isle of Wight
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- Southampton Airport
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- And that’s it: first yellow sign is the arrivals, last yellow sign is the departures. No way you could get lost here…
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- Departures…
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- …turn 180˚ and here’s the Arrivals.
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- Mighty FlyBe…
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- Woohoo! FlyBe “business class”
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- weird effect
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- photos taken with the iPhone
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- the snack/drink voucher… mhmm, not bad
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- My train to Roma Termini with stop in Florence is “likely to be” 20 minutes late.
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- Station de Paris Bercy
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- Most likely a pre-WWII wagon. You gotta love Italian overnight trains…
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- Most likely a pre-WWII wagon. You gotta love Italian overnight trains…
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- Luckily it was just me and my brother in our “6 people” compartment. I wonder where we could have put the luggage otherwise…
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- Florence… finally!
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- New trains to Pisa… very nice!
