I  was  impressed by  the  top class  learning  facilities  available for  students  at the  Language  Learning  Centre  and  the  Bouloe Student  Campus at Besancon  was  one of the  best  equipped, organized and managed  student  campus  that  I  was seeing for the first time  in my Life. Though I must  admit that  Jipmer  Hospital & Medical   Student  Campus  at Pondicherry  was  top class  by Indian  standards, Bouloe Campus merited, in my eyes to  be  rated a notch or two higher  than  the Indian  Campus that I  was  fortunate  to  experience! 

Bouloe  Student campus at Besancon  appeared to be  extremely  well planned  with an  eye on  all  needs of  the students  and Trainees  and with all sorts of facilities  for  recreation  and  personality  development  

The  6-7  hour  train journey, from Paris to Besancon, thanks to generous  support  from the  fellow passenger and  intellectual Mark had  eliminated  the  fear of boredom of travelling along in a  foreign land , But  did tax my frail  45 KG something  body  and  I  was  craving to  eat something  and to  have a peaceful sleep more than  anthing else! 

Thank  God  I  was able to  accomplish my wish  of getting something to  eat and to find a  decent hotel  in the  vicinity of the  railway station to   my full  satisfaction  and  it was the  thought of  passing  out with flying colours  in the  Intensive Language  course in  a  short period of  6 weeks   that  was  the main concern  that  was bothering  me  when going to  bed in a Besancon Hotel  

I  was  really fortunate to  have  company  of  a really friendly  and conversation -loving Frenchman  for the  Train Journey to  Besancon and  I felt  that  without his enjoyable   company, the long journey  would  have  been  a real bore too!

While I  was  admiring  and enjoying the  wonderful  facilities  and comforts of the first  ever  train journey , it  was a pleasant  surprise  to  have the company of  a  French  Intellectual who ventured  to get  introduced  and to engage in an absorbing chat  helping me  to fight the Boredom of a long  Train Travel  of  Many Hours!

As  scheduled, I  was to  reach  Besancon  , the  border  town  between France & Switzerland for the  Intensive French Language Course, and looking forward to the First Ever  Train Journey in France  with  excitement  like a  child  on a  picnic trip. The  train  journey   was  exhilarating  to say the least!

Having got the  taste of  an  entirely  different  and  technologically  superior  life  in Paris Metropolis for 2 days , I was  eager and feeling nostalgic  to have  a  taste of Indian way  of  life  while making my way  in  the  underground  train journey to Cite Universitaire Campus  and it was  full of surprises too 

The encounter  with the automatic photo studio  machine  and automatic  coin delivery machine were once in a life time  experiences and the totally un-solicited  and spontaneous  offer of  support  from a  Kenyan Student, Freddie  another scholarrship holder like me at CIES  headquarters have left a memory  that will  stay with me  forever! 

After  the  fantastic  initiation  of  Paris Metro Travel and unbelievable  visit to  Eiffel Tower the previous night, it was time to get  to  business and to get initiated to life  of  a  student  and as a researcher  and all  events  appeared  to be planned  to perfection  like a  well-oiled machine.

The first  ever  taste  of  Journey  in Paris  Underground  Train  network  and  Discovering the Magic of Eiffel Tower, the show-piece of Paris Delights