Monday June 20, 2011 Day
355
We left Munich this morning. In the train station
before our departure, we purchased some lunch – a barbequed chicken quarter and
a buttered pretzel for me, a sandwich for Roger consisting of a thick slab of
meat inside a bun. It turned out to be one of the better meals we have had on a
train – the chicken was outstanding, and Roger said his sandwich was quite
good, even if he could not determine what kind of meat was in it!
The train from Munich had a power source, so I charged
my computer for the duration. The other two trains did not have any electrical
outlets. Unfortunately, my computer has a battery life of only one hour
forty-five minutes.
We changed trains in Stuttgart to a French SNCF train.
We had only seven minutes, and we were concerned about making the connection,
but our train was on time, and the connecting train was on the same platform,
so there was no problem finding it and getting settled in promptly.
We changed trains again in Paris, but this involved a change
of stations as well. We expected to have two hours for the change, but our
train was late getting into Paris; even so, we had more than an hour. We made
the metro trip without incident, and once we arrived in Gare de Lyon, I left
the station in search of some fruit and a dinner other than sandwiches. I found
a Monop, which is a small version of a Monoprix grocery store with lots of
ready-to-eat items. I found a cold chicken and pasta salad for me and a hot
chicken pasta dish for Roger, which I heated in the microwave oven in the
store. I also bought some strawberries and some cookies. We got home about
9:00.
I called Daddy and chatted with him for a bit, wishing
him Happy Father’s Day. He seems content in his new surroundings, although it is
hard to tell whether he is really happy or not – he doesn’t express a lot of
joy or sorrow. I apologized for not calling him on Father’s Day, and we had a
nice chat. We spent some time on the internet, then collapsed for the night.
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