On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 at 17:40:18, you wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>At 11:37 μμ 22/2/2002 +0100, you wrote: > > >>>>Maybe Paris in October? >>>Definitely not! In the eighties I tried to get a bed on the express between >>>Paris and London. After half an hour of charades with the sleeper attendant >>>I had to give up. It turned out that the magic word was 'couchette'. Like >>>Doctor Foster, I 'never went there again'. ;(( >>>I used to enjoy the ZX-fairs in London, though. Those were heady days! >>>Per >> >> >> >>With Eurostar I managed to travel to QL2000 from Paris and return in 1 >>day. No need for couchette. > >You mean 1 day your total trip in France and the Tunnel because from >what I hear the TGV drops to 5 km/h (well okay I exaggerate a tad!) >after it surfaces in Britain ;-) hehe Eurostar is not TGV ...and the new fast line from Folkestone to London will save all of 15 minutes! .... but I have travelled maybe 30 times on Eurostar and as many on TGV with no hassle. The Eurostar Paris/London trip (town centre to town centre) is quicker, cheaper, safer and much quieter than by plane. Don't believe what you read in the papers. -- Tony Firshman
