Paris by Eurostar

It was the first time any of us have been on the Eurostar.

There was a sense of excitement and apprehension on what would be the procedures.

Once you reach St Pancras International you first clear security check in and swipe through with your ticket.

Then you have immigration by French authorities and then the boarding.The whole process does take about half hour so it makes sense to be there an hour prior to departure.

If you are a group travelling like we were it makes a lot of sense to have a tables style seating where you face each other...else its like a flight - row of seats.
It has two coaches selling some basic food sandwiches and snacks.

The Eurostar experience was nothing "out of the world".Although when you read the history you can help but appreciate the wonders of "engineering" behind it

It was just another train journey.

We felt it was faster after crossing the Channel in France.




We arrived in Paris and decided to take a ticket on the Metro to the hotel!

We also bought a 3 day Metro Pass that will allow us to use all trains in the six zones in and around Paris.It saves a lot of time other than buying tickets each time you board the train.

The Metro journey was not as pleasant as I perceived it to be.
It was crowded even at that time of night.Trains were not vry clean and all the glasses had writings of several types on it.

We were happy to be in the hotel by about 11 PM all set to start a early morning the next day!