Sunday, September 18, 2016

Paris to London

We got up bright and early this morning because we had to drive from Bayeux to Paris, turn in the rental car, and catch the Eurostar train to London. We left 5 hours before we needed to check in for the train, not knowing what the traffic would be like in Paris on a weekday morning.  The traffic wasn't bad at all. We hit a bit of morning commute traffic jam at Caen, then some traffic in Paris but we drove right up to the car return entrance without any major glitches. We made it to the train station with an hour to spare, not bad! Rental car return was easy as could be. I have to say the Gare du Nord station in Paris is not a great place, lots of sketchy people around, but once you make it through security it's not so bad.

The train ride to London takes 2-1/2 hours which I didn't realize. I thought it was 1-1/2 but I didn't take into account the time difference between Paris and London. We went through the "Chunnel" under the English Channel. Rather anticlimactic I have to say, nothing but darkness. The St. Pancras station in London is really nice, lots of shops and restaurants.

After taking a taxi to our hotel, we set out to check out the neighborhood a bit. Tomorrow's itinerary includes the Tower of London, Tower Bridge and HMS Belfast.

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