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Such an unforgettable experience-lingering around the train station...
At midnight, I found a restaurant, where chairs and tables are not inside, just installed in an area, so I went into and sat to revise an article,and intended to stay there for whole night. At about 0.30,a guard came and asked me to goout, as the station would be closed at 0.30, no one was allowed to staythere....
I told him my situation, he was very kind and tried to ask the police of the station if I could stay at the station. Unfortunately, the police inside the office room said no through the windowglass. He still tried to think of ways to help me, maybe went to a 24 hour baror something like that. Just at that time, two policemen called him through thewalktalk, and they came, the result was that I could stay at the station.Gradually, it was colder and colder, the place I was allowed to stay was justfacing the platform, nearly outside, so I went in the innner area and stayed ata corner. Nearly fell into asleep, he came to tell me through the Englishtranslation from Italian on his phone software that I had better not move inthe station, or the police would be angry when they saw me moving...
Till 4.20, as the station opened, so I could go outside to a kabeb restaurant which is said to be open for 24h hours,but yesterday evening, I did not find one 24-hours-open restaurant... It wasonly 3-minutes-walk, what’s more, it was open...Eating a kabeb, warm and full,and leaned the chair and the wall into dream.Great!The runnerwas very friendly,let me just sleep there and did not disturb me. Then at about 6, they woke meup and said I could go to their place to sleep as they would close therestaurant for an hour...
Yesterday after getting off the plane, Imeta
70-year-old grandmotherwho was also buying tickets to the city. I didnot know where to take the train, she just let me go with her, as she wouldalso go to that station. She went to have a cup of coffee first, then we wentto the station together. She could just speak a little English, but we tried tohave a talk. She came here from Barcelona, his son’s home, to visit herfriends. 26 years ago, she kept a white cat which she likes so much that sheeven had a tatoo of cat on her arms. The cat passed away when it was 20, thenshe kept another cat, which looks nearly same as the first one, with some blackhair on the head, also the same birthday. She said, the cat was just like heranother son.... I can feel how important a pet is to an old alone woman, alsoshe has always liked cats. I sent her two bookmarks, as I like cats too, andshe was very nice of even writing two hotels’ addresses for me to look for...She was happy and moved, tried to look for something to send to me. It was notsuccessful. I told me not to mention that, my cat’s story and my will not tokeep pets as I was very sad when my cat died... She then told me when her catsdied, she was also very sad, then she kept another one... Cat’s just likeanother son of her...to encourage me to keep... I know her age because weexchanged email, 1948... She was not like a 70-year-old as I expected, justtravelling alone... The moment I wrote this, I thought about my grandparents,they are already more than 80, also live by themselves...We need to love andcare more about our parents and grandparents.... Life also goes on, whatever happens.
Everyday, just so many people came to teachme to embrace life more positively! Why not!
19.11 on the train to Venice fromTurin... Tomorrow go back to Beijing...
This morning, from 6, started walking tillthe river, then to the national cinema museum, at about 7.30. It was still notopen and went to a cafe. After drinking, went upstairs to wash and spent awhole morning there, dealing with my confirmation of stay and another revision.Just a small cup coffee, only 1.1 euro, yet stayed at the cafe for a wholemorning, use their bathroom, water, space, electricity... A little embarrassing... At the cafe, wrote some words on a small bookmark, and gave it to a guard and asked him to transfer it to the kind guard! Thank you!
Nearly all the present business has been solved...
Just go back to pack my luggage.....
Ca’Foscari, Venice, Italy, I love you.Thank you for everything!
Turin, also a great place!
We are not interested in sth, maybe justbecause we know too little about it.
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