Eurostar Trip

My oldest son has been obsessed with trains for a long time. Due to his obsession, I have learned more about trains and was aware of the high speed trains that run between Paris and London. We purchased tickets ahead of time and paid 220 euros for a ride on the Eurostar train. The Eurostar is a high speed train which runs up to 180 miles per hour under the chunnel into London. Getting through security was a pain, we had to pass British customs at the Gare Du Nord train station in Paris. The Eurostar website recommended arriving 30 minutes earlier but I would recommend getting there an hour early due to security delays and the time it takes to get through British border patrol. Our trip to London was pretty nice. We were in coach 4 which was pretty uncrowded. Our return trip was not so nice. We were placed in coach 18 which is close to the front of the train. As you can see in the last pic, we were placed in the same coach as a Japanese tour group. The Japanese tour group was pretty nice the only problem was that we were behind them boarding the train and they had TONS of bags and each of them was no younger than 60, so boarding was a delight.

In London, St Pancras station was very nice and well organized. The French border patrol was much much easier to get through. They barely looked at my passport.

The ride on the Eurostar is extremely smooth which makes it a comfortable way to travel. I was disappointed that there was no view of the English Channel from the train on either side of the Eurostar. You really cannot see a lot of the country-side as it is flying by at 180 miles per hour. Overall, we would recommend the Eurostar as it is a comfortable way to travel.

	Our Eurostar Train
	Eurostar Coaches
	More Pix of People Near Eurostar