On the 10Sept13, as it was our last day in Paris, we decided to wake up slightly later, have our breakfast and go for a walk nearby our hotel. After breakfast, we went back to packed our things to our luggage and proceed to check out. We left our luggage at the lobby and went out for a walk near the hotel. We walked passed a small wet market and went in to have a look. They have a few stalls selling fruits, a stall selling different types of cheeze, bacons, hams..etc. There was flourists, seafood stalls selling fresh seafood and fishes. I saw the peaches looked nice and bought a few to try. It was quite juicy and sweet. Then we passed by a boutique shop selling men's suit. My husband bought a set of suit as he thinks the price is reasonable and the material and design of the suit was suitable for him. The salesman was very friendly and helpful and he was able to recognize us as Singaporeans. We even ask for alittle discount from him without much problem. After finished our last shopping, we walked back to our hotel to collect our luggage and headed towards the train station.
As this was our first time taking a overnight train, we were not aware that there was no food available on the train. We boarded the train about 7pm and reached our destination around 8am plus as the train was delayed. We were supposed to arrived at 6am. As we boarded the train, we chatted with a couple from UK who was having their honeymoon like us. The woman told us they were only able to have it now 40 years after their marriage as when they were younger both of them were teachers in Singapore school. They have a daughter and a son who both grew up in Singapore. They have stayed in Singapore for about 7 to 8 years before they moved on to UK. Now they are both retired and their children were working in other countries. We chatted about 2 hours and then we all decided to tuck in early. The toilet on the train in our cabin was pretty clean and nearby. Both of the men did not climb up to the upper deck bed to sleep as it seems to be quite dangerous as there was no handle at the side of the bed. Therefore my husband slept sitting upright the whole night and he let me sleep on his laps lying down on the lower deck bed. The couple also find their ways to stretch out their legs and slept on the lower deck bed too. I was able to sleep quite well without feeling much hungry or thirsty. My husband was having backaches in the morning but was still pretty awake. We took some photos in the train for memories. We gave the couple our name card and they gave us their email to keep in touch. We forgot to take a picture with them. The man help us to carry our luggage down the train and we parted from there as they were still taking the train to head for their destination.
As we reached the train station Milano Centrale, we went to ask around how we can change to another train to reach to the nearest train station to our hotel. To our disappointment, the staffs at the station were not very helpful and mostly could not speak English. When asked the same questions, they provided different answers. In the end, we do not bother and we just use our train ticket to board the transfer train. Luckily due to my smart husband we found our way to the nearest train station near our hotel though it tool us at least two times of transfer. We managed to took some sandwiches and drinks in the train station via their vending machines. Carrying those luggages to take train is quite troublesome as my husband need to carry mine too and also at the same time making sure i am boarding safely with him as it was quite packed in the trains on a weekday morning. When we reached the train station, we have to walk a fair bit of distance to reach our hotel and we managed to find the hotel by looking at the map and asking a few helpful people. I will continue to share in part 2 what happened and where we have been after we checked in to the hotel.
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