It should start yesterday, with the journey to london, nothing special just a nice train journey. We had a nice meal in the evening (I’m missing out chunks of the day) at an Italian restaurant next to the hotel, but we didn’t linger too long as we had to be up at 0400 to get checked in for the 0701 Eurostar departure – nice rail journey to Paris.
Interesting drive across from Gare du Nord to Gare du Lyon, the amount of infrastructure work on the roadside needs to be seen to be believed, it was chaotic and sooo slow. We barely had time to grab stuff for lunch from a stand before getting the SNCF to Basel.
The SNCF run, in comparison to Paris was an entirely different kettle of fish. Between Dijon and Basel we were touching 302kmh (188mph). I think that’s the fastest I’ve ever been in a train. A double decker, and first class as well. Very comfortable – well almost, difficult to sleep in the seats.
On board the Amadeus now, heading up the Rhine. Next stop The Black Forest. I always think of “A Walk in the Black Forest” which in my head was played by Russ Conway, but actually it was Horst Jankowski. Either way, it’s still a favourite of mine.
Bills Posts 