Today is a spare day, in that I planned nothing specific. No real idea of the city but will explore a bit. The McPhersons left by train earlier. Yesterday I sent off my presentation title and abstract, for the second time. The problem with emails on the fly is that you do not get confirmation. (Yes as I suspected, when I double-checked later the abstract had not been sent by Microsoft. Sent off a title to TIM, and got a confirmation.)
Apart from playing with the Internet on my phone, I managed to find the square, the museum/gallery, and the local library. I needed the Library to print off my electronic tickets that I booked in Paris (on my last day with secure internet). The library had some public access computers and I asked the librarians if I could print my emails. I got the OK and " ran the maze " to print-out in French. All in all a successful morning.
I now have paper tickets for my Brussels to Cologne, Cologne to Vienna journey. I also printed off my return Vienna to Cologne, and Cologne to Brussels, and EuroStar Brussels to London journey. All I need to book now is accommodation in Vienna and in London.
When I get to Ghent I will need to check my Mastercard account and do the last of the bookings. I have gone through all the cash I got from Paris. My expenses shot-up from 130 euro per week to 470euro in 10 days while on the MIDI canal. Again it was actually much higher if you add in the costs of the pre-paid barge hire. Fun but not cheap!
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