Sunday, October 21, 2007

Change of plans

There has been a small change in my original plan of driving from Munich to Paris. I’ve been trying to rent a car at a reasonable price but forget it. They are way too expensive. So I have decided instead to take a train to Paris which should put me in the city of lights 6-7 hours after my departure from Munich. The stretch between Stuttgart and Paris is done in one of the newer high speed trains which reaches a speed of 320 km/hour. My only concern is moving my 3 bags by myself (I hope everything fits in these 3 bags, actually everything must fit in these 3 bags). In Munich it shouldn’t be that big of a deal since a friend is going to help me get the bags from my apartment to the train station and into the train. I will have to figure out a way though of moving the bags in Stuttgart to make my connection. Luckily the bags are not that big and they all have wheels. The only nonstop train from Munich is an overnight train which takes about 10 hours and costs double the promotional price there is currently going on to take the high speed train. Once I get to Paris I will get a taxi at the train station to drive me to the hostel where I will be staying the first week. The firs week/week and a half in Paris the plan is to stay at a hostel while I go look at a couple of places to live which I have already identified and also go to the school and take the placement test. I shall then be starting the classes on November 5th and hopefully moving to what will be my home in Paris that same week. We’ll see how it all works out!!!
This week my plan is to start my farewell tour of Munich: visit a couple of places I still haven’t been to and also go back to my favorite ones for the last time, I need to go to the immigration office to “un-register” (just to let them know I’m leaving Munich), pass by the school to say goodbye to everyone, get together with some friends for a goodbye dinner and coffee throughout the week and finally pack. Wow!!! I can’t believe it: that I’m getting ready to say “Goodbye Munich”.

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