Welcome to Guest Contributor Cheta Urmila:
My partner had to attend some meetings in London, and as we are temporarily based in France, I used Google to find the best way to travel over there. Thanks to the man in seat 61, I came across the TGV website. My partner and I both love to travel by train, and with airports being quite a drive away from our current location, we decide to go for that option. And what a great choice!
We leave just after 5am to drive to the station in Poitier. The early morning road is empty, so is the centre of the city. We joke about its ghostlike appearance. It takes us a while to realize that today’s date is the 14th of July, which is a jour-de-fete in France. That explains it! Walking to the station I am in a state of bliss. We have been in the same place in France for almost 4 weeks now, and after having almost continuously been on the road for 3 years, I realize I miss the excitement of going to a new place. The sound of our trolleys, a croissant in an early morning café before boarding the train, the sunshine, the freedom, brings out the traveller in me…. I love it!
The trip up to Paris is very comfortable. It being the 14th of July the train as well as Le Metro is pretty well abandoned. We cross Paris by underground in under 20 minutes and are well in time to have a sandwich before we board the EuroStar train to London. After check-in we have to go through customs, as we will be travelling to another country. The regulations are much less strict than those at an airport. No fuss about us having filled water bottles for instance, or a new bottle of shampoo. And no messing about with weight either. There are people with loaded up trolleys, no extra charge!! A gliding staircase gently floats us down to the train and we find our places. 2 hours later, we have lunch at St Pancras station in central London, and my partner is off to his meeting.
Under 6 hours to get from mid France to the throbbing heart of London. What a gift to be alive in this wondrous day and age!
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