Nightmare in Paris

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 It's a long day today. We leave hotel at 8:30, short coach to Hendaye, 5 hours  on the TGV to Paris, 1 hour coach between Stations, 2hrs on Eurostar and 1 hour to Leicester, then 10mins to Narborough to arrive home around 9pm.

Well that was the plan but it didnt quite work out.

It started well with the bus ride to Hendaye, the TGV to Paris was comfortable, smooth and on time. Even the coach across Paris from Montparnasse to Gare du Nord was OK and we enjoyed the drive along some of the boulevards to the station.

Then we discovered that some Eurostars and been cancelled and delayed and the terminal was rammed with people and at 36 deg unbearably hot. The queues were corralled all over the concourse for health and safety reasons and we were standing in a slow moving queue for about an hour before we could check in. Exhausting. Fortunately our train was only delayed, by a broken down train near London apparently, so once aboard we had a smooth ride to St Pancras and no delays through customs.

Then our train back to Leicester was also delayed and rammed, so when we pulled in to the station the connection to Narborough was just pulling out! 

The last leg home was a £25 taxi instead of a lift from Katherine and we finally made it exhausted! But we were lucky, our case is still in Spain and not due home until next Tuesday.

What a journey - 2 coaches, 3 trains, a taxi and 950 miles in 13 hours. Epic!





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