Adieu France!

2 January 2014 was my last day in France. I will take a bus from Nancy to Lorraine Station then followed by a TGV from Lorraine Station to Paris. And from Paris, take the plane at Charles De Gaulle to Riga. Then from Riga, take another plane to Lappeenranta, Finland. It was quite a long journey after all.

Me and my friend Chandra checked out from CROUS residence early at 9 AM. There is two ladies coming  into my room to check whether I had cleaned it properly and not broke anything. Unfortunately because I did not washed the curtain, they made me pay 13 euro for cleaning service. We still have about 2 and a half hour before our bus came, so we decided to spent some time at McD to have a breakfast. We met our friens, Nahin and Zainie at Callot tram station. We took the tram to reach St. Leon where we suppose to wait for the bus to Lorraine station. There we met other friends: Fisayo and Rohan, who have been waiting in the bus station before us. Suddenly some of our Indonesian friends came to say goodbye and we were so happy knowing that they really care for us. Not so long, the bus came and we were struggling to put our giant suitcases inside the bus luggage since everyone else also doing the same thing. So it was basically first come, first in.

The bus took 30 minutes to reach Lorraine station. Surprise! the TGV was delayed for one and half hour. This is so unbelievable because normally people willing to pay more to take TGV because it can be relied on, it usually come on time since we have no traffic jam on the train railway, right? I guess it was due to high season of holiday travel. So here we are, the six of us waiting in station sitting on the floor like homeless people hoping that the TGV will come soon. The TGV came at about 14:30 and manage to arrive at Paris by 16:00. Getting out from TGV, we rushed to find the Terminal. We were running along and out of breath when we finally found the Airbaltic counter. Oh Thank God, we were not late! At 18:00 our plane took off from Paris and landed safely in Riga by 22:00.

Capture road view from inside of moving TGV

Inside TGV to Paris

Still in St. Leon waiting for the bus 

 

In front of St. Leon with my Indonesian friends