𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 / 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘦

7..

May 20th 2019

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Stepping out of the airport, I was hit with the warm and humid French breeze. I had flown with my brother, and only my brother as Minttu had to fly back home due to her father, Kimmo, and his health issues he has been having recently.

We've flown from Barcelona, Spain to Nice, France -- only because Monaco does not have an airport. It wasn't much of a problem though as the French city neighbor's the miniature country.

Me and Kimi were waiting along with others, waiting for a public bus to arrive, our luggage just by our sides. "Oletko innostunut?" I broke the silence between us, clutching onto my suitcase as the bus came rolling down to the stop. "Eh.. jonkin verran. Monaco ei välttämättä ole suosikkini." Kimi follows my lead, grabbing his bag off the ground. We stood in line, walking slowly as the line of people were scanning their tickets. I turn around reaching a hand out signalling Kimi to give me the 2 bus tickets.

The bus driver scanned them, speaking French that I did not understand so I only gave him a "Merci." and a nod before making my way to the back of the bus where there were two empty seats. Me and Kimi placed our luggage at the top shelf that was perched above our seats before sitting down. I turn to my brother, carrying on our conversation from before.

"Miksi ei? Luulin, että Monaco oli jokaisen kuljettajan suosikki?" He looks at me for a second, shrugging his shoulders before turning his attention back to where it had been.

"Vain huonosti suunniteltu rata. Käännökset ovat liian tiukkoja, en voi saada paljon vauhtia. Se on paskaa." I go to speak but he speaks up again, looking back at me and giving me a small smile.

"Vaikka on mukavaa voittaa Monacossa, jossa kaikki mahtavat ovat voittaneet, se ei ole suosikki." I give a nod, understanding his reasons before looking around the bus, looking at all the different types of people. I felt my brother elbow me in the side, I look over to Kimi who gives me a stern look.

"Lopeta tuijottaminen." rolling my eyes, and elbowing him in the same spot he had elbowed me. "Oi, ole hiljaa sinä tekopyhä." I state a bit too loudly, looking around the bus again I saw a couple people look at me -- with almost a judging look plastered across their faces. "What?!" I felt my face begin to heat up, and it very much so wasn't because of France's weather. They turned their heads back, avoiding my gaze.

The bus began to move once everyone was seated, Kimi had put his headphones on -- closing his eyes to take a nap. I had my head against the glass windows, taking in the scenery before, I, myself, close my eyes as I was feeling a bit tired myself.

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We have made it to the hotel later in the evening, after a long walk from the stop we had been dropped off at. We had tried getting a taxi, but it seemed as though they had a 'problem' with us -- avoiding us. I mentioned to Kimi that we could've gotten someone to come pick us up, as I knew that a couple of driver's would have been able to do so. But the stubborn person that my brother was, denied, saying that he could get us a taxi. Of course that wasn't the case, after an hour of Kimi's attempts, I started walking down the streets rolling my suitcase down with me. I didn't know where the hotel was, but I knew what it looked like. Kimi gave up and caught up to me, to which he pulled out the map on his phone.

It was an exhausting three hour walk, we kept walking around in circles because Kimi's phone kept bugging out and telling us to go the wrong way -- but we have finally made it.