Through the chunnel and into Paris

March 29 (Thursday)

As it has been confirmed that we will be spending two more days in France, the pressure to "get as much in as possible" has subsided, and we allowed ourselves a day to sleep in. We woke up for breakfast at 9:45 and then spent the morning changing pounds to euros and making last minute souvenir purchases. By 12 pm we were on the bus bound for the St Pancras Train Station. Once there at around 1:20 we settled down to wait and find some lunch; our last opportunities to use pounds.

Waiting in St Pancras Station

At 2:40 we're called to board the Eurostar train that will take us across England to the channel and then under it, and up onto the land of northern France.

Boarding the train

On the train, and a bit excited!

Once we reach the Gare du Nord in Paris, we disembark and head to our next bus, and our new driver, Rafael, who drives us through some pretty crazy traffic to Flam's Restaurant where we eat an Alsace kind of thin crust pizza, both for the main course, and two versions - chocolate & apple - for dessert.

Paris traffic. See if you can find a lane ...

... or a way to find your way into a lane.

Our supper destination.

Waiting for supper.

Ham topping with a cream sauce.

Apple dessert.

After supper it's back on the bus to get to the All Seasons hotel where each room has a colour theme. Cute!

Ours is green, others are purple and red.

 Tomorrow it's off to Versailles in the morning, and then a bateau ride up the Seine River in the evening.