Luck was with us today on the Eurostar route to Paris. Due to engineering works on the tracks, there were fewer trains runnng than usual this weekend. I reserved the 10:20 am train months ago and fortunately I picked that particular one, not the earlier or later, because both trains on either side of us were cancelled as we sat in the station this morning. Meaning hundreds of people stranded in London with seriously messed up travel plans.
The maximum speed is an astonishing 200+ mph. That is surely the fastest we’ve ever moved on ground. After leaving London and blasting through the Kent countryside, you are soon under the English Channel. We had backward facing seats, but I wasn’t about to complain, being so happy just to have a train at all. Disorienting at first, I soon got used to it. We were diverted off the high speed rails in France, so our trip took an extra hour, but gave more time to look at the French countryside. We had “premium economy class” so they even brought us a nice little meal with with wine.
Oh, Paris. Many years since I was last here, but how lovely it still is. The gorgeous architecture. The Sunday streets were teeming with people at restaurants, cafes, the stylish clothing stores, food markets. The weather is unseasonably warm and will hit 80 tomorrow. All my London clothes (what’s left of them) are too hot.
We are staying in a hotel on the Left Bank. We have a 6th floor room with a balcony. I guess we’re not on Portsoken Street anymore.
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