The good news is we are going to take the fast train, the
TGV that gets there in three hours.
The bad news is the train workers are on strike**.
The good news is that we have a
bus.
The bad news is that it is
going to take nine hours.
The good
news is that the bus is coming from Italy and we are not going to leave until
8:00 am instead of 6:00 am.
The bad news is that we get a flat tire.
The good news
the driver can change it himself.
The bad news the jack doesn’t work.
The good news is that three other
guys show up with a new jack and help him.
We are on our way……
Finally arriving by 10:30 for our 7:30 dinner, we have made
our destination.
After dinner and back at the hotel, we decide to take a
night stroll toward the Antique
Amphitheatre which was build in the 2nd century AD. Loud music is
tumbling out of it and we see a poster for Abba Fever. An Abba cover band is playing “Dancing
Queen” to an all-age filled arena. The blend of antiquity with techno lighting
seals the evening with delight.
** So I am told by Magali that the company that makes the
trains is going to be sold to either an American or German company. With either of these transfers of
ownership, There is always the
possibility that benefits will be
cut. As she told me, the workers
on the trains are still getting a coal supplement even while trains are not run
on coal anymore.
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