12.22 BARDONECCHIA

In 1 hour I will be in Torino, finally the 5.30 hours of train ride will be over! If i would have flown for 5.30 hours from Paris id be in such a different world, but well train will only bring me as far as Torino, good enough. The smile can already be seen in my face. Im in Italy!! First stop in Italy!! Many changes have happened of people in the 12 rows of thew agon.: People have goten on and off at various stops , yet once again only a group of persons has catched my attention. The 3 australian women- again. I was starting at the celing, where there are the luggage holders. These ones are made of a type of glass that reflects and ats as a mirrros. From your sit you ans see through the glass what people are doing- a great spying device. As I was bending my neck upwards to stare around my eyes saw an estonishing event. The Australians had opened their tables and on it they had papers, glasses of water, palettes to paint and paint and of course paintbrushes.

So yeah, they were paining in the traine while engaging in a friendly chat with eachother. It appeared as if they were in the middle of an art class, only that they were in a TGV which was running at high speed. Every person that passed by glanced at them and some even took advantage of this rare event to start a conversation. The conversation was always in english and it ended up with one of them saying "merci".

For the rest the customs police man passed by checking every luggage and asking to whom it belonged. Then the French and the Italian policeman also stopped by to check Ids. It suprises me that the police never stop by in the train Paris- Amsterdam, which crosses three countries- France,Belgium and Holland. Yet in this train security has been quite strict. My stomach is strting to roar so I just ate my banana but Im hoping to arrive in Torino to have a proper lunch, with some coffee of course!