"Ken Smith" wrote in message news:4135FCC3.3000704@it.com...
> I'd much rather take the Chunnel to Paris from London; it takes a lot
> longer to catch a train to Stansted or Gatwick and stand around for at
> least an hour in the airport before you hop your 30-minute flight -- and
> Orly is further out than Gare du Nord.
Same here, in my experience, short distance travels are faster in train,
because you go from inner city to inner city. While travelling inside of
France, you have to be crazy to take the plane. It will cost you double the
cost (shuttle or taxi + plane ticket) and you have to spend hours in traffic
jams hoping you won't miss the plane. Then, you have to arrive 30 minutes
before departure with many companies.
On the other hand, I can have a 20 minutes trip in subway and hop in the TGV
a couple of minutes before departure and arrive in the middle of my target
city.
> Sit back with a bottle of wine, some French bread and a little
> cheese, and you're in downtown London in three hours. Can it get any
> better?
Yup. TGV from Lausanne to Paris, with cannabis being almost legal in
Switzerland. Get friendly with some youth in there, and making a trip can
get a whole new meaning. :p Did that quite a few time when I was making that
trip weekly. Sure a hell more fun than using the plane...
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