Eurostar - London to Paris

We are on board the Eurostar London to Paris train, 1022 departure with 13.56 arrival.  We are in coach 12, seats 33 and 34 . Laura is at the window seat and enjoying the view.  We’re travelling at 225 km/hr. I’m excited to be taking the tunnel under the strait through the land called Doggerville,  that used to connect England with Europe. I’m just amazed at the extraordinary advances in engineering and tunnelling.  I have taken the ferry across the strait. It took a couple of days to go from Paris to London back then. I followed the building of this tunnel with fascination and now am experiencing one of the wonders of the world. The train should get me in Paris in 2 1/2 hours. Amazing.

The checking in process wasn’t daunting at all. They scanned all the luggage and we passed through metal detectors but we didn’t have to take our boots off. The customs check was just showing passport and vaccination certificate.  Canada is a first world country and the v accinations we received are acknowledged in France as they were in England. The unvaccinated or those with less acknowledged vaccines still have to have a Covid test in addition to their vaccine passport.  We just sailed through.  

We’d arrived early and ther train didn’t announce platform until the last half hour.  I’d tried to enter with my phone ticket two hours before only to learn that we had to wait till one our before at earliest.  As usual neither of us slept well before another trip. Now we’re here and our concerns about this or that was needless worry.  We’ll soon be in Paris and the last leg of our journey will begin. A West Bank hotel.  

Tomorrow church. The next day a tour of the Louvre with tickets to pass the line up. I have those with me.  The next day we take a day tour of Versaille. That’s all that’s planned.  We’d like to sit outside in the sunshine which is forecast and people watch in Paris.  Buy some souvenirs.  Eat croissant.  Rest.  It’s been a full schedule to get here.  We’re speaking more of Madigan。