7月3日，星期二 Tuesday, July 3
今天早上离开了巴黎，乘坐大力士高速列车从巴黎直达比利时的布鲁塞尔，火车时长大概2个小时，然后转城际快车到达了根特市，大概1一个小时的车程。我俩会在根特停留4晚，这是一个非常小的港口城市，之所以停留4晚是要把这里当作中转城市，白天会坐城际快车去周边的城市，比如布鲁日。
We left Paris this morning and took the Thayles high-speed train from Paris to Brussels the capital of Belgium. The train took about 1.5 hours followed by the intercity express train to Ghent, about an hour away. We will stay in Ghent for four nights. This is a small port city. The reason for staying in Ghent is to use it as a home base. During the day, we will day trips to the surrounding cities, such as Bruges.
一路坐车转车还蛮顺利的，到了根特后，第一个要吐槽的是他们的轻轨的售票机还真是一绝，根本～看～不～清～楚～屏幕啊？ 也许是这站的售票机刚好在大太阳下，那个屏幕真的很折磨人，有一个塑料透明罩，然后屏幕看不清楚，那个罩还挡这可以用来遮光的手，前来买票的人都被这个机器打到了。PJG发了奇功，不知怎么弄的竟然成功了买了两张票。 第二个要吐槽的就是轻轨车站的标注在火车站这里似乎有些混乱，不按常理出牌，总之我俩在买了票上了车后，发现竟然做返了方向，哈哈 😄😂😅 旅行中的第一次值得纪念一下。
It was quite smooth getting to Gent. After arriving in Gent, the first thing we encountered was the light rail ticket machine which was really a piece of work. The screen was ~ no ~ way ~ to ~ be ~ seen~~ Perhaps because the ticket machine at this station is just directly under the hot sun. There is a plastic transparent cover, and the screen can’t be seen clearly and the cover makes it even worse. Every person there was defeated by this machine and left. PJG somehow managed to buy two tickets eventually. The second thing we learned is that the light rail stations around the train station seem to be a bit confusing with multiple directions. It didn’t seem to follow common sense (or we had none). In short, after we bought the tickets and got on the bus, we found that we were took the train going to the opposite direction. Haha😄😂😅 First time during the trip a train worth remembering!
终于到了民宿的住地，安顿好后，我俩在周围转了一圈，从巴黎那样的大都市来到这个小城市，还真感觉安静，游客也少了很多很多。 上一些看到的街景吧，有水，有历史的建筑，感觉还是挺清秀。 我俩的民宿的楼是1830年建的。
Finally arrived at the home of our B&B which was in a building built in 1830. After we settled in, we walked around a little bit to see the city. After being in Paris, this place was really quiet with a lot less tourists. It possesses a typical European city’s characteristic charm filled with a river, historical buildings, big churches and sculptures and so on.
晚安了。
Good night. Going to Bruges tomorrow!