Day Twelve: Friday September 14

Today was half good and half bad.
The good part was I got to see more Pau & spent a few more hours with my new European traveling companion, Trishia. She has given a great tour of the city & by the time I had to take my train, I felt as if I had seen almost all of it. I was actually a little disappointed to be leaving, I had felt almost at home there.
Of course, the train ride back to Paris would be the exact opposite of anything good. First, I arrived at the station with plenty of time, but they close the doors of the train so quickly I made it my only 2 seconds, no joke. I was saying goodbye to Trishia when a whistle blew, so I jumped on the train as the doors were closing! Later Trishia would tell me that some unfortunate person did miss the train and broke down in hysterics after finding out that was the last train of the day. I had the unfortunate situation of not having an assigned seat. This meant that at anytime someone could come up to me and take my seat, so I could never get comfortable. I also had someone sitting next to me who must have been allergic to water & soap, so that was awesome!
I got back into Paris around midnight and will have to be up early around 6am to leave for the train station to the airport. It is going to be another fun day of travel, but by the end of the day I will be in Scotland.