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Back from the long breakaway. Sightseeing, photo-taking, eating, map-reading, walking (ohh LOTsa walking), shopping, and now jet-lagging.. Waking up at what was 4am for the past 5 weeks aint easy.

Long Beach, Nice

Lessons learnt:
#1: Never trust people when they say "everywhere in this city is walkable".
Of course it's walkable, it's just HOW LONG you can take to walk. Actually, they ARE walkable la, but never underestimate the distance you will need to cover.

#2: German trains are never late.
Yes we happily sat at the platform and watch the short train leave at the other end, thinking that our train was late. Thankfully there was another one an hour later.

#3: Always leave enough time to get to the train station.
- Ran to the train station with our backpacks and many other chapalang bags
- Checked out which platform to board (and if the train has left)
- Hopped on to the nearest cabin door
- *pants*
and the train starts to move.

#4: Never plan shopping days to be on a Sunday.
We were lucky enough to not had any shopping days clashing with Sundays till the last Sunday of the entire trip. We SO wanted to shop-till-we-drop in Nice and even woke up early that day. Finally accepting the truth that the shops are not going to open up, we went to the beach to tan instead, with Ms Lim under her umbrella. Even the ah-mahs were staring at her (they must be thinking "stupid chinese" again).

#5: When they tell you "beware of pickpockets", you better beware of pickpockets.
Especially so in Italy.

The psp is in Bintan and so no new games for me. TV's not as interesting now. I'm gonna (attempt to) upgrade my brain and read business magazines =) oh and i'm including exercising as part of my daily life now. Time to pick it up again. I can't believe how lazy i was to clock a record of not-jogging-for-3-years (excluding the one time that i ran, gave up after the distance of 2 bus stops, and walked back). "I-need-to-study"'s an excuse, friends! Let's get some tan too!