| It's predawn at the Carshalton Beeches Station. The train arrives at 5:52 a.m. |
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| St. Pancras International Station. The Eurostar used to leave out of Waterloo Station, but about sixteen months ago the Eurostar began regular service from this newly renovated station. |
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| Need beer and wine? There's a big distributorship in France somewhere around Calais. |
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| I wanted some pictures of the French countryside from the train. This is one. |
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| This is another one. |
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| It was well into France when I noticed that there was also a nice view inside the train as well. I tried several times to get a clearer photo, but the camera kept focusing on the rack. The overhead luggage rack that is, not the one I was trying to get. But you get the point. |
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| Our arrival at Gare du Nord. That's the North Station for Anglophones like us. |
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| Just to prove that we were in France, here's a
picture of the French flag. See, how much more proof do you need? Oh yeah,
there's also one of the many posters around Paris for what looks like an
awful movie called Coco. On a less upbeat note, it was here in the Place de la Nation, then called the Place du Trône-Renversé, where a guillotine was set up during the French Revolution and a few heads were chopped off. |
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| The Hotel du Printemps, or the Hotel of Spring en Anglais. |
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| The tiny room. I have found that it's actually fairly typical of normal hotel rooms over there. At least it had an en suite bathroom, which is a plus. |
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| The view from the window toward the Place de la Nation. |
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| Same window. Opposite direction. |
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| I'm not quite sure what this is. It may be one of two buildings that along with two columns (currently under refurbishment) once served as a gateway to the Cours de Vincennes. |
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| One of the attractions of the Metro is the signs outside the stations. |
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| It is a run-down looking theatre, but the sign says that Hair is playing there. |
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| It was here that we had a quick lunch. Not a bad view while eating a chicken sandwich on a baguette. |
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| The Ecole de Garçons at the base of Montmartre. In the States, we would call it a School for Boys. |
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| The funicular, which was covered by our Paris Visite passes, is a much easier way to get to the top of Montmartre. |
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