Sunday 18-July-2010
Here we are sitting on the Eurostar train from Paris to London. A trip of only two hours. Sittimg in the seat beside Marcus is a young man who had Chapel Hill on his luggage tag so Marcus introduced himself. So not only did this guy come from Brisbane but went to BGS. 6 degrees!.
We left Taize this afternoon after the usual camp clean up and final worship service.
We hopped on the local bus along with a lot of other people and traveled to Macon Lohe where we boarded the TGV to Paris. While we were at Macon Lohe several non stop TGV's came through the staton. The speed almost blew you off the platform and they were one track over. Darwin selection ala TGV.
The TGV was smooth and fast. This time we were travelling second class but it was pretty comfortable. We had a table but no power.
In Paris we had to change stations and this necessitated a trip on the Metro. The metro was packed even before we got on but with bags it seemed an imposible task to fit on but we squeezed on as the doors began to close and squash Chris or at least separate him from his backpack. There was one stop. At this stop even more people squeezed in. To minimise floorspace, I stood two pull along suitcase on top of each other. As more people pushed on, Megan collapsed in a screaming heap partially into the arms of a policeman. Finally we arrivd at Paris Norde and made our way to the Eurostar platform. This time we had to go through both a French and then an English passport control.
Now we are on the Eurostar train. We have just had dinner purchased from the dining car. Pre packaged pene bolognaise, salad, burgers, soft drink, coffee etc. Very good.
Here we are sitting on the Eurostar train from Paris to London. A trip of only two hours. Sittimg in the seat beside Marcus is a young man who had Chapel Hill on his luggage tag so Marcus introduced himself. So not only did this guy come from Brisbane but went to BGS. 6 degrees!.
We left Taize this afternoon after the usual camp clean up and final worship service.
We hopped on the local bus along with a lot of other people and traveled to Macon Lohe where we boarded the TGV to Paris. While we were at Macon Lohe several non stop TGV's came through the staton. The speed almost blew you off the platform and they were one track over. Darwin selection ala TGV.
The TGV was smooth and fast. This time we were travelling second class but it was pretty comfortable. We had a table but no power.
In Paris we had to change stations and this necessitated a trip on the Metro. The metro was packed even before we got on but with bags it seemed an imposible task to fit on but we squeezed on as the doors began to close and squash Chris or at least separate him from his backpack. There was one stop. At this stop even more people squeezed in. To minimise floorspace, I stood two pull along suitcase on top of each other. As more people pushed on, Megan collapsed in a screaming heap partially into the arms of a policeman. Finally we arrivd at Paris Norde and made our way to the Eurostar platform. This time we had to go through both a French and then an English passport control.
Now we are on the Eurostar train. We have just had dinner purchased from the dining car. Pre packaged pene bolognaise, salad, burgers, soft drink, coffee etc. Very good.
Well actually I had to post this from our apartment because just as I went to post it, we enetred the channel tunnel and no mobile service and no wifi. How old fashioned is that.
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