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Day 6. Arrivederci Siena. None of the lines through Siena are electrified, so departing on another hybrid train this morning. Just before it left, two policemen got on board and did a full ID/passport check of all the passengers. Which is odd, as it's not going near any international borders.

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Day 5. Not a bad view to wake up to out of one's hotel bedroom window.

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Day 4. Perugia is a hilltop town, but the railway station is down in the valley, so my walk to the station was a lot easier than my walk from the station. Two connections to get to my destination today, with 20 minutes to make the first. A bit worrying that my train is already 10 minutes late.

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Day 3. There is so much art in Perugia that it's difficult to know where to begin. The National Gallery of Umbria opens at 8.30am, so that seemed a good place. Mainly religious art, but that from the 14th century exhibits such exquisite detail.

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Day 2. A damp morning for exploring Ancona. Thankful for shelter in the Archaeological Museum and the Duomo.

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Setting off a bit later than usual, but only three weeks after I returned from my previous trip, I'm off on my travels again. Where shall I go today?

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Travelling through France, where I don't have a vision of cosmogonic ecstasy, but do experience a Proustian involuntary memory. I also travel on an empty 'full' train, get covered in confetti, and learn that Basil Fawlty could have been right after all. europeexplored.travel.blog/2025/03/26/e...

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Travelling through France, where I don't have a vision of cosmogonic ecstasy, but do experience a Proustian involuntary memory. I also travel on an empty 'full' train, get covered in confetti, and learn that Basil Fawlty could have been right after all. europeexplored.travel.blog/2025/03/26/e...

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When all trains from Paris were cancelled two weeks ago, I caught a bus to Lille and a train to London. Credit to Eurostar, they contacted me spontaneously on the Sunday morning and have refunded all my expenses. As they're not on Bluesky, perhaps @eurostarjustin.bsky.social could pass on my thanks.

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The start of my recent journey from Catalonia. Featuring a magic square, an Eiffel Bridge and a wide cathedral. europeexplored.travel.blog/2025/03/19/europe-explored-trip-16-return-from-catalonia-part-one-spain/

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For the purpose of research for a future trip, I went this morning to the National Gallery's new exhibition: Siena 1300-1350. (While at the National Gallery, I couldn't resist also reacquainting myself with their impressionist collection - including Pissarro's views of Sydenham and Upper Norwood).

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Day 10. Farewell to La Rochelle. For the first time since leaving Spain, I am travelling on a high-speed train and the first TGV of this trip. The train this morning is a TGV-A, the oldest type still in use by SNCF. I've not been on a TGV-A before - a shame that they are just single-deckers.

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