#Chris lore

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Wait this is way early

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I definitely should've had dinner in Kotohira

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Ooh another benefit of coming to visit Kotohira's festival is I get to see Japan's largest traditional lantern

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But them lit up (hopefully)

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They say it's this big to serve as a lighthouse for boats on the river but it doesn't look like it's been navigable for quite a while

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It's not very bright unfortunately

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Festival

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Okay the precession starts at 20:00 it seems, and end 21:00

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Pretty cool

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There a drunk guy in a fedora following them (last video that's sideways somewhy) and I'm not convinced he's part of the show.

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I was wondering why this was impressive. Guy came up to me to let me feel. I could not carry this even

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Bro who's doing this now came up to me, gave me a hand "Australia"
Me: "Netherlands"
???
Me: "Oranda"
Him: "ahhh Nederland"

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There's so few white people here I stick out like a sore thumb

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Shikoku is properly not a package holiday destination

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I don't understand package holidays

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Watching from here btw

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A really pretty Ryokan

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They're setting up a bunch of more stationary dances in front of this

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The train back to Takamatsu is gonna be fun

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It's the last train of the day and i expect it to be absolutely packed

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The train leaves in half an hour

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The main precession has not started yet

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I'm a 10 min walk from the station

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They should've done an extra late train for this, or just delay the train by like half an hour

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It seems, there is a later option: take the local train and transfer at Tadotsu

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This gives me 20 more minutes

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Lovely 2 min transfer tho

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@crystal forge do they Anschluss wartet on last trains here?

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No

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They don't wait for you

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Fantastic

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Here's hoping it's just not delayed then

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The final part of the precession not only started at 2200 when I'd have to leave for the last direct train

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But then it was also really slow

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The Japanese are probably all here by car

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JR Shikoku Dosan Line Kotohira - Tadotsu 22:34+2-22:46+3

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Kk late tegentrein

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🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

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Had I known that last part of the precession would be slow as shit and start at 22:00 I would've just given up

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chris stranden

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This will be funny

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But not for me

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Type 3 fun

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LADIES

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AND REIZIGERS

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ANSCHLUSS WARTET

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Let's GOOOOOO

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JR Shikoku Yosan Line Tadotsu - Takamatsu 22:48+2-23:28+1

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very nice

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rare Japan moment I guess

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I mean Azusa is from a Japan trains good place (Osaka)

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And when trains are good Anschluss doesn't wartet because then the trains become bad

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But Shikoku trains are bad so Anschluss wartet will make them more late but they're already bad so this is actually an improvement

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Hmm I might not have enough stuff to do in the area tomorrow

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Most of the islands are only good for their modern art installations

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Hmmm

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Yes

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i went to Naoshima for the day from Okayama, but if you dont vibe with the art stuff, there isnt as much to do there

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the art stuff is pretty cool tho

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and you can rent some bikes to get around

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Yeah that's what I'm gathering

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I've never been into contemporary art

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fair, i was pulled around by some family, but its better if the weatheris quite nice so you can fuck around there

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Onigajima seems slightly interesting and should have good beaches so might be fun to go there if it's sunny.
Last boat back seems to be 17:20, that means the 16:00 to the island, and taking the bus to the top.
I can probably do the castle gardens and the Shikoku village well within that time

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Kagawa museum also looks cool, but it's open until 20:00 so I can do that after

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JNR used to own this

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Kotoden Nagao line Takamachi-Chikko - Kawaramachi 11:43-11:47

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They really have a nack for picking historically important places for their termini

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I love how the mascot of the prefecture is a Pokémon

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Kotoden Shido line Kawaramachi - Kotoden Yashima 12:04-12:21

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And I went to bed late, woke up late, and I don't think I'm making the 14:00

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Oh it's more a thing for children anyway

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I tried and failed to order in Japanese

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Not because Nihongo Heta, but because she insisted on English

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JR Kotoku Line Yashima - Takamatsu 15:44-16:01

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Don't mind if I do just gotta figure out what time

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Luckily there's only one shrine called Omiya Hachimangu and there definitely is not one with the same name in Tokyo

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Very nice

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Hyped for the map

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Kotoden Shido line Kawaramachi - Kotoden Yashima 18:04-18:21

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Let's go see if I'm fashionably late or incredibly early

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Or option 3; I'm tripping balls

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I mean there's kids but otherwise it's very dark

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As it turns out

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I'm incredibly early

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Tomorrow morning 14:00

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Time to go back

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Kotoden Shido line Kotoden Yashima - Kawaramachi 18:45-19:01

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Kotoden Nagao line Kawaramachi - Takamachi-Chikko 19:08-19:13-2

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Very shiny 10 yen coin from current year

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I should reboot my weeb era when I get back home

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"concept" bars are expensive

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Like really expensive

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Also I'm weak

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You should bring Robert here

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He'd love it

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Yes

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I think I'll go here in February

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one of my cousin's friends and his wife both tell me to go lmao

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No go with him

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He's not coming in February afaik

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I got no clue when he's going

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I must visit the muscle girls

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They have gyms in Japan

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That's what he likes going to right

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Yes

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Meals I wanna have before leaving:

  • Shabu shabu
  • Rice with raw egg
  • Another okinomiyaki
  • Sushi
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Anagomeshi would be good too

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Oh it seems like I can get anagomeshi at the ekiben here in Takamatsu

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JR Shikoku Marine Liner Takamatsu - Okayama 8:22-9:19

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Which version of Pokémon are you playing?

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Anti-fapper infrastructure

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Literally 1984

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JR Central Hikari 504 Okayama - Tokyo 9:36-13:42

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I just saw a pink blur out the window

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Probably the hello kitty shinky

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Announcement mentioning haibooru and chuuhai

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Didn't understand anything else

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It's a bit early I think but don't mind if I do

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Everything up to today

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Yamanote Line Tokyo - Ikebukuro 13:51-14:15

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pretty nice ritten

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How did you leave shikuku

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Didn't log that yet

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Hmm

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Tokyo metro Ikebukuro - Hongo Sanchome 18:10-18:20

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Wow

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Toei Oedo Line Hongo Sanchome-Kuramae 18:29-18:34

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It's 18:40, bro insists it's closed

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Kk leier

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Tokyo metro Ginza Line Asakusa - Ueno 19:37-19:43

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Yamanote Line Ueno - Ikebukuro 19:51+1-20:10

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Rinkai/JR Saikyo line Ikebukuro - Osaki 13:41-13:59

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Rinkai Kousoku Tetsudou Rinkai Line Osaki - Kokusai-tenjijo 14:18-14:32

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Yurikamome Ariake-tennis-no-mori - Shiodome 16:41-17:05

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Can or can I not take a photo

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Toei Oedo line Shiodome - Ochiai-minami-nagasaki 17:17-17:48

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I will not take any TOEI Oedo line slander amh

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It doesn't say ok

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It only says Oedo line

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Will Chris outdo my japan

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No

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And you spent all your time on trains

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I didnt

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You spent more time on trains per day than me

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But i did 5 weeks

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There are days that i havent been on public transit or just 2 metro ritten a day

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I used public transit to go do things and see places

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Right

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Yeah with 2 more weeks I could've added Hokkaido on my itinerary

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It was light out when we got in

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Where the sun go

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No

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3 idiots

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Toei Oedo line Ochiai-minami-nagasaki - Shinjuku 19:11-19:24

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Odakyu Express Shinjuku - Shimo-kitazawa 19:31+1-19:40

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This is my goal now

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Keio Inokashira Express Shimo-kitazawa - Shibuya 20:54-20:57

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JR Saikyo Line Shibuya - Ikebukuro 21:09-21:20

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Japan breedspoor

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Japan breedspoor

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@minor cave

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Aaaaahhhh

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still narrower than standard gauge, but wider than the standard narrow gauge oops it's the Inokashira line, so just normal narrow gauge there

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Japanese trains are never delayed

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JR Shonan-Shinjuku Line Ikebukuro - Omiya 11:45-12:10

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JR East Yamabiko 209 Omiya - Utsunomiya 12:37-13:04

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JR Nikko Line Utsunomiya - Nikko 14:12-14:58

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We are somehow 3 hours later than originally planned

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And this may turn into a problem

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This is fine

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Bus W JR Nikko - Yasukawachou 15:22-15:37

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Bus 1 Hatsuichimachi - JR Nikko 17:15-17:21

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Tobu Spacia Kegon 52 Tobu-nikko - Kita-senju 18:41-20:20

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Nikko was great

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Tokyo Metro Kita-senju - Nishi-nippori 20:26-20:31

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Yamanote Line Nishi-nippori - Ikebukuro 20:36-20:47

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Women behind glass at an airline themed maid cafe

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@formal quarry score

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got em

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JR Shonan-Shinjuku Rapid Ikebukuro - Omiya 11:16-11:39

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New Shuttle Omiya - Tetsudou Hakubutsukan 13:45-13:48

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British

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New Shuttle Tetsudou Hakubutsukan - Kamonomiya 17:13-17:15

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New Shuttle Kamonomiya - Omiya 18:16-18:22

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Rinkai Saikyo Line commuter rapid Omiya - Ikebukuro 18:30-18:55+5

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Rip

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They're playing the Dutch national anthem around close at the museum, at the arcade and now a pharmacy

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Yamanote Line Ikebukuro - Nippori 9:42-9:55

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Keisei Skyliner Nippori - Narita Airport Terminal 1 10:25-11:04

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KLM advises I arrive at the airport at 9:35. That's 3 hours in advance

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They crazy

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Anyway I leave Japan with ¥10 more on my suica than when I arrived

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Also ¥19 cash

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Good fart

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security was 2 minutes including listening to some Spanish speaking woman getting angry, passport control was 3.8 seconds

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Lmao forgot to empty my water bottle

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But I was 3rd in line for fuck up

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That's why security took like 7 min

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mood

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L

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I am speed

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Passport in 3.5s 😎 I'm faster

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Anyway 20 min train to gate

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They want me to be here 3 hours in advance

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KLM KL862 Narita - Schiphol 12:35-19:25(+7h)

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Boarding has been delayed

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Gotta love waiting in line in the slurf

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Very efficient boarding

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You would think boarding the back first and not last is most efficient

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Noone on the middle seat?

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Epic

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Anyway

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Going dark

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Chris beringzee

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KIX mentioned

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Chris noordwest Alaska

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Wat de sigma

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Chris really do be flying around the void

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Chris mainland

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In the end I used 23GB in my 3 weeks

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Enjoy Greenland

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I know I did

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NS 3573 Schiphol - Ht 19:46+3-20:52-2

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This delay wouldn't happen in Japan

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Fair enough

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i guess thats also why it's showing such weird southerly heading.

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Just kinda expected Alert to have a station that would've been in range

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this stuff all depends on amateur hobbyists relaying info they capture

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I expected there to be a nerd doing this there

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alaert being a mill site idk if some amateur can set this up there

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Still

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could be fuckign expensive too i guess. idk how cnectivity is up there

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like Atak in alaska has crazy price for internet

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FR24 has better coverage then max app

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Not too surprising

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but they also have sattelite mounted recievers nowadays.

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idk if they are geostationary thogh, because then thye hae a hard time to catch anythgin that north

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Ah ye FR24 is pretty much what I saw on the plane

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Circumnavigation

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lol

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return looks funny projected this way with canada up

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This projection works very well

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it's drawing infinity

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good map

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There are so few bins in Japan I took some trash home with me apparently

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Upcoming lore

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Enjoy

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OBB NJ403 Utrecht - Zurich 20:47+1-8:05+15

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The first guy who got to my compartment instantly just folded out the beds to get it over with

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Back in Amsterdam

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Which is nice

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Rit nice

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enjoy

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slaap lekker

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Eet smakelijk

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I'm not eating

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+30 Köln

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Very nice

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Krankjorum

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We arrived Basel +40, and left +60

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And yet somehow we're gonna arrive +15 or whatever

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SBB EC 33 Zürich - Milano Centrale 8:33+1-11:50+1

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I slept ok

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Main problem was people in my compartment needing to get out in Basel and getting breakfast at Freiburg

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Downloaded a tv show onto my phone but it's almost over

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Wait I have adult money I can just pay €10 for Crunchyroll

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🤨

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Paying for goods and services?

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If I was at home I wouldn't have to

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Trenitalia FR9535 Milano - Firenze 12:10+4-14:04+18

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No free window seats on my flight :(

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rip

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how are tickets for this trip working

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interrail?

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or fip onzin

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Interrail

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Fip would've been a bunch cheaper

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But I'd gotten this interrail well in advance

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Oh I was put in one of the more expensive front seats

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My row has a free window seat

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I will have 1,5 hours in Firenze

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Firenze speedrun in that time should be doable

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Of course just sitting at Reggio Emilia not doing anything doesn't help

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you can’t do that much in 1,5h

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probably the full lap though

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duomo uffizi ponte vecchio and back

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Trenitalia RV4039 Firenze-Pisa 15:28-16:28

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I forgot how poor Italian train manners were

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People out here acting like they're alone in the world

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At least 3 people playing audio on speaker

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Death

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Someone else has a phone convo on speaker

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Ritten

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I'm gonna get pizza where I ate last time I was in Pisa

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This was a good place

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No english

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Iirc wood fired oven in front of my nose

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They're closed today :(

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Is the pismover in interrail?

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It is not

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Time to move pis

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peepee

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PISMOVER Pisa Centrale - PSA P&R 17:16-17:18

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Pismover cabview

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Technically speaking this is a funicular

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"pismover"

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omg i love it

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It's supposed to be PISAMOVER but they squeeze together the A and the M, which you can barely see

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PISMOVER Pisa Airport P&R - PSA 17:20-17:22

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Vehicle broke down or smth so we had to take the other one

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Get to ride the Pismover twice for the price of just a single ride

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Value

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I think I was at Pisa centrale 2 years ago and I saw this and I genuinely thought they called it this

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4 ticket machines at pisa centrale, only one had a functional card reader so there was a huge line

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Boarding "last call" but it's just super slow

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So the entire line is still there

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I have no idea where the plane is if they think this bus is necessary

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Just a little out of the way it seems

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Ryanair FR7146 Pisa - Malta 19:20-21:00

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Anyway I seemed to have successfully Sophie'd myself into a window seat

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9H-QDO

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maltu-malta

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Yes

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I will not log this

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We are taxiing

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I'll go dark

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Landed 10 min early

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Everyone clapped

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Oh we're getting another airport bus

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Yutong

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Now let's wait for my parents

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dike yutong 😍

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malte ryanair bus, rare

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Third world country vibes here

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Malta 🥰

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Malta

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interesting place

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I may have gotten sick from drinking the tap water, which is supposedly safe to drink

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Luckily I know a doctor on Malta

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they might aswell count it as part of north africa instead europe.

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Fr og

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Drinking tap water?

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Why

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It's uncommon for me to be somewhere where tap water is unsafe to drink

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In many parts of the Netherlands it genuinely tastes better than bottled water too

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Ah

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Well

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The thing is, I have suffered from typhoid after drinking tap water once in my childhood

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I have learnt my lesson

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So I won't

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in most of europe you'd just be wasting money by buying bottled water

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Understood!

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Man, typhoid is such an unpleasant experience

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Still don't feel great

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:(

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Consult a doctor ASAP

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Dr Grandayy is Maltese

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I'm not going to a doctor

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It's only been a day

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He'll just tell me to get a paracetamol and suck it up

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How long is your tour?

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You definitely need to travel to idk Italy to get medical attention

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Lemme see the map

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Yeah, Italy

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I'm flying to Rome on Wednesday

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👍

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I didn't

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I mean if the tap water is anything to go by, the healthcare can't be that good

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Wedding ceremony finished

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Those sure were speeches

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Love at first sight apparently

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The officiator mispronounced the bride's name

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Apparently they invited 350 people. How even, because the bride is responsible for like 50 max

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350?

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Wow

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That's big

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Ye it's crazy

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Apparently that's how it's done in Malta

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Would be a lot more fun at this wedding if I wasn't sick

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Not drinking rn

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But this isn't that much fun sober

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Tho my biggest problem is forgetting earplugs. Music is so loud here it hurts

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Relatable

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Me in India (I had them but one fell in the incredibly disgusting gutter and I wasn’t allowed to save it)

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Oof

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It’s extra painful when you’re wearing a decibel meter on your wrist all day and it shows you how bad it is

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Hmm

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I have tinnitus so I know

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Same

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Malta is so small the map fucks with my sense of scale

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5000 year old temples

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ooh canopy

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Ye recently built because being exposed to the elements is bad for these

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I see

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nothing but the ruins exist it seems

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This restaurant has catholic paraphernalia everywhere they managed to fit it

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very pious of them I guess

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Unless you are visiting a very traditional vegetarian restaurant here, I don't think you would see many pictures of Hindu Gods in store here

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except close to the counter in the front of the store

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where you place your order

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rarely some non veg restaurants too

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Mdina

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I love how the exact symptoms change but the overall problem doesn't really change

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Bus 48 Bugibba bus terminal - Valletta bus station 10:02-11:01+3

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Kinglongs

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I had license plate BUS322 according to the bus ticket

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bussen

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Chris bugibba bus terminal

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Abusing children so hard they refuse to leave the prison you've dragged them to ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

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God is good 🥰 🥰

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Malta is beige

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Bus 45, BUS379 Valetta Bus Station - Bugibba, Wileg 16:33-17:50

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Motion sickness from how stop and start this driving is

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I think you will enjoy Rajasthan then

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malta driving is somth special yes

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How's your health otherwise?

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I mean it should be fine if my bowels stop acting up

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The apartment is without electricity

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This has happened a few times now

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But the breakers are all fine

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Malta truly is a shithole

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Ah well

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I'm leaving later today and may not return for a very long time

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That's sad

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power cut maybe?

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The elevator has power

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Someone is trying to fix the electricity to our apartment

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Interesting

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maybe the main fuse blew out somewhere outside

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not in the flat

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but outside

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He seems to have narrowed it down to a power outlet that the boiler for the kitchen tap was on

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You should go to the Marsa wijk

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Only Sliema boulevardje is somwhat bareable.

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and maybe the walled section of valetta.

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No

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I'm flying back to the mainland in about 3 hours

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no ferry 🙁

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The ferry was really expensive and the timing was just too inconvenient wrt the train, and the port is truly in the middle of nowhere on the Italian side so I decided against taking it

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So this was not a good trip

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I was here for a wedding

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The wedding was nice

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Cool

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Ryanair FR1119 Malta - Rome Fiumicino 16:55-18:25

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De 1119

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Zeker

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good looking plak asfalt

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I landed 20 min early or so

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are you nachttrein?

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No

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I'm staying in rome for 2 nights

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Trenitalia RE20719 Rome Fiumicino - Rome Trastevere 18:42+2-19:09+3

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Ah yes love it when a travel planner says to go fuck myself

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The public transport in question, if I ask google, is another train

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I have no reason to believe it's not in interrail but it won't show up in the app

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Interesting

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Bus 170 Trastevere - Termini 19:29-19:56+3

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enjoy Rome

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where are you staying

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Just outside Termini

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Some homeless woman tried to sell me a metro ticket but it's 2025 and I don't have cash

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But she did somehow get me through the gates

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Rome metro termini - coloseo 9:49-9:52

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So many people in line here to get in the coloseum

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This truly is the Kyoto of Italy

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Entrance is via timeslots how nice

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So what do for the next 2 hours?

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anything else

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forum circus pizza navona vatican Vittorio Emanuel monument

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go up the capitol

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The forum entrance sorry

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ah

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this maybe adds up

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I'm not gonna stand in line anywhere with 100+ people in front of me so I'm okay not enjoying the Colloseum from the jnside

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Pizza is a decent idea

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that was meant to say piazza

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but

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you aren’t wrong

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I haven't had breakfast yet after all

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And I won't necessarily have time for lunch

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Restaurants are currently all in you can get pancakes, omelettes, full english or continental mode

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Unsurprisingly

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Did see people eating from the dinner menu but it wasn't on the tables so would be inconvenient I guess

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Find bar. get capucino and a dolce. best thing to do in morning in italy

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I don't drink coffee anymore

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Fucking scam

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You get to see this and then you're instantly sent to the exit, thank you for spending €18

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How did they get up? Who the fuck knows

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Staff wasn't helpful at all

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didnt you walk that new tunnel thing?

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Must not have been part of the €18 ticket

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I am standing where ben and adam once stood

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Outside the Schengen area

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The line to actually enter the cathedral is very long

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There's so many souvenir shops in Rome that the prices for fridge magnets here are the lowest I've seen anywhere

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Just €1

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lol

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Rome metro A Ottaviano - Termini 16:10-16:19+3

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I've been +5ed

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And I still don't know the platform number even though my train is in 20 min

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This is ridiculous

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5 min still no platform

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Platform 6, announced at scheduled departure time

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Also +5 my ass this is a terminus station

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Trenitalia FR8418 Rome Termini - Venezia Mestre 11:35+11-15:23

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Conductor speaking German to me because I got my FR reservation via ÖBB

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Pretty cool

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Fucking lies

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It's not underneath the seat at all

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is it anywhere else

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Underneath the armrest

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Which I wouldn't have found if it wasn't for the person next to me

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Also this train doesn't have bordbistro table service widdle_goblin

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If I want something I'll have to go to the other side of the train

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enjoy

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I'll just grab something in mestre

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I kinda like bar cars I think

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Bar cars are cool yes

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But I have to ask someone else to get up and then walk though like 5 cars

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Which is always net lastig

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I guess so yes

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especially if they’re Italian

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for TGVs Ive come to the conclusion that window seats are by and large not worth

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maybe Italian high speed lines are a bit more scenic

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It was kinda nice

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But I didn't get to choose

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ÖBB decided for me

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florence bologna is only tunnel

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yes

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Killian did Bologna Pistoia the old line

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this looks nice

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Staying at the same hostel as last time

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So I didn't have to set up the wifi

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This is where I slept in the same room as Lasse Stolley

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cool

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why Venice again

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what’s your travel plan look like?

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day train to Vienna I guess?

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Yes

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Not sure why again but I think I couldn't make Rome - Vienna in one day in time for the nightjet

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And this was on the route and relatively cheap

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€16 for a night

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very cheap yes

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OBB RJ 132 Venezia Mestre - Wien Hbf 10:08-17:36

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I fucked up picking a seat. Didn't pay enough attention to the direction of travel so now I'm on the south side so I get to enjoy sunlight on my screen :(

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Bordbistro nur bargeld

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:(

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Geroodseind but there's verkanting and I'm struggling to stay on the toilet

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7,5 hours and I arrived on time

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Crazy what stopping like 5+min at every single stop can do

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yes

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ruim ingelegd

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all of Belgium

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I'm quite impressed

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NJ 40490 Wien Hbf - Utrecht Centraal 20:10-9:23+27

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enjoy

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does this have a restaurant car?

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Hype

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But you do get breakfast in bed and I can summon the conductor to order snacks with a button in my compartment

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hmm okay

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Just don't go to bad destinations

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Passed the test

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I am definitely on the "not ok" list

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The beds are more comfortable but the buttons for the lights make a loud beeping sound and there was a useless announcement in the middle of the night

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I see

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Has your health improved ?

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It has since yes

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I need 5000 more trainkm to get the earth's circumference in 2025

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go spain

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and back

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quick way to rank km

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I already did this challenge last year

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Ijsje halen malaga

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hmm noord zweden

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also many km

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I was just surprised how close I got

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2025 in review:
37 421km by train (94% the Earth's circumference)
52 nights spent abroad

Visited 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇲🇨 🇮🇹 🇨🇭 🇩🇰 🇯🇵 🇲🇹 🇻🇦 🇦🇹
First time in 🇯🇵 🇲🇹 🇻🇦
First time taking trains in 🇵🇹 🇯🇵
Most travelled: 🇳🇱 's-Hertogenbosch <-> 🇳🇱 Utrecht (244 times, 11719km)
Top 3 longest train rides:
Nightjet 🇦🇹 Wien Hbf - 🇳🇱 Utrecht CS 1127 km 13h40m
Nightjet 🇳🇱 Utrecht CS - 🇨🇭 Zürich HB 803 km 11h32m
TGV 🇫🇷 Paris Montparnasse - 🇫🇷 Hendaye 770 km 4h34m
Shortest & slowest train ride:
Keihan 🇯🇵 Cable-Hachimangu-guchi - 🇯🇵 Cable-Hachimangu-sanjo 0.4km, 3m
Fastest train ride:
Hikari 🇯🇵 Tokyo - 🇯🇵 Nagoya 134km, 237km/h

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very good Shinkansen

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this beats tgv shuttles by a lot

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it’s like so fast it’s semi suspicious

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semi suspicious?

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wdym

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2nd fastest was a similarly fast shinky

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like that is so fast I would almost think there was a clerical error

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The actual slowest is a 6km/h Yamanote line but that's nonsense

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crazy

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I should log Delft ritten

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there’s also a solid chance of more ritten 9 december

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9 december is like two weeks ago

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Nice stats btw Chris

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i still need to log things from 1 januari i think..

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it’s kinda jammer you didn’t reach 40000

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should have invited you to Tsjechië maybe this would have worked

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I'm gonna steal this I think

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I think the km are pretty fake if it's plane

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I will log my travels from 2026

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thanks Chris

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But also I did that last year

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im at 39101 rn

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im gonna get extremely close but not make it

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Hmm ye you should do a few ritten

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I already included train to Helmond on the 31st in the stat here

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im gonna pick up killian saturday which should be like a little over 100km if all goes to plan

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nice

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chris planning

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and sophie ritten will probably amount to like 200-300 km

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gwn ffkes op en neer naar groningen for bonus km

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Teun bussen

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I have 74k

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You should do 39393km

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this would be good

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Try to avoid moving

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lets see this

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I wrote 0 reisverslagen in 2025

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Kinda quit halfway through 2024

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Just wrote a 2025 recap

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Nice

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I'm writing a reisverslag for my Japan trip, but the trip was long and thus it takes a long time to write

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yeah this feels a bit like listing where you went

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I do wanna do a series on last year maybe too for on the forum

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I mean I feel like I'm succeeding in making it a bit into a verhaal

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but in the end a reisverslag is always gonna be either listing where you went, or a list of ritten.

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maybe so yes

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but it’s very beknopt like this

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Valt mee

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I'm one week in and I'm at 2313 words

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the jaarverslag is a bit beknopt yes but the idea is that this is a bit more of an overview

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like fransensonides somehow manages to write an pleasantly readable verslag of a random bus somwhere in rural NL.

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Yeah but polarsteps is bad

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And doesn't make the words come out any faster

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In fact I have to set a location on a map so things only take longer

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Most important reason is I already have this blog

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Nice map

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Oh also the spelling checker on my browser decided to shit itself

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which is a shame

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vet

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japan

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Japan lore

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Ik ga dit lezen als de wifi goed is

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Ja dit zal met je 0.05MBps ofzo niet gaan

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Moint Fuji verstopt achter de bergen of wolken?

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Mooie koya san opmerking

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Chris japanse frikandel oma

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Houdkerving bij de nikko complex

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spellingchecker doet het niet

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Mooie blog man

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Wel echt goeie shit

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Ik wil nu weer naar japan

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Fick

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Ja ik live tijdens het schrijven

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Volgend jaar weer

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Ik kan niet te vaak

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Dan ben ik een weeb

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Ik ben het toch wel

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Ik ben geen weeb

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Ik ben dit 1,5 jaar semi geweest

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En toen was t wel van, oke dit is eigenlijk gewoon kut en hier wil ik niet mee worden geassocieerd

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Ik doe alleen weeb praat met Micha

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En thats it

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Dus ik kan niet naar japan

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Extreem zwak excuus

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Gast vraag rico

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Tis dezelfde shit als alleen naar thailand gaam

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Nee want dat is een reputatie die echt foute boel is

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Weeb reputatie is ook foute boel chris

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Het is geen Jeffrey level foute boel

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Dit kan het wel zijn

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Je kan altijd beter een reputatie hebben als furry dan als kiddy diddler

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Gast, ook japanners kennen lolita

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Normies

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weten niet dat kinderporno bestaat buiten Thailand

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En alle andere mensen die ik ken die wel chronisch online zijn zetten je eerder in de anime convention bucket dan iets anders als ze je een weeb vinden

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Ik heb een lekker stekkie gevonden waar ik goedkoop kan duiken, ontzettend veel lekker goedkoop eten is, een leuke community is en waar ik prima kan werken met elke dag zon

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Tomorrow gonna go België

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Boogjes

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Zondagboogjes

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Zeker

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Goeie frequentie

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Blijkbaar standaard op zondagen tussen Hasselt en Mol

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best jammer

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Ja nogal

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Dit komt eigenlijk net niet uit

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Maar het is voor de kaart

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NS 6635 Ht-Bd 11:02-11:36

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heb je dit niet al

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ik heb dit wel

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Echt jammer dat de leuven ontwijker vandaag niet rijdt

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Echt veel dat ik nog mis in de west

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(ik heb oostende ook nog niet gedaan maar trainlog is stom)

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Ja België zweistundentakt zondag

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Dit is mooi

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Mijn theorie is dat dit is omdat er in Wallonië ook zweistundentakt is, maar hier woont echt niemand dus kan dit uit. Maar hierom moeten er ook slechte dingen zijn in Vlaanderen

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Makes sense

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NMBS 9228 Bd-Bruno 11:42-13:05

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This train is quite busy

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Time to leave the country for the first time this year

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NMBS 1512 Brussel Noord - Genk 13:48+5-15:20

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Wauw een echte rit

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Dit is nergens

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Het is geweldig

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NMBS 1538 Genk - Hasselt 15:38-15:56

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NMBS 4437 Hasselt - Mol 16:07-16:54

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First ticket check all day

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Dat is balen

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Niet Best

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Now we wait

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Gonna go to a friettent

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good grind

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dit lijntje is niet heel veel soeps inderdaad

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Here's hoping this P-trein doesn't kopmaken Lier like last time

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Very busy on the platform

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NMBS P8219 18:24+2-19:43 Mol - Leuven

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Boogjes

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We zijn in Lier

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Niet kopgemaakt 🎉

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Cross platform transfer at Leuven

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NMBS 1541 19:55-20:24 Leuven-Midi

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NMBS 9371 20:44-22:19 Midi - Bd

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0 min transfer in Bd :(

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🇧🇪 79%→81%

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Measured in unique line segments
Limburg 60% → 100% (first to 100%)
Antwerp 81% → 95%

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Made it

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With 0 seconds to spare

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this is a semi reliable 0 min transfer

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but it isnt great either