Paris to Italy

We headed to the train station only to find it is in another area. We found help, after several stops and the assistance of a police officer we got tickets for a subway. We then made our way up some stairs into another station in which we ran to catch our train with 10 minutes to spare. 

Our 3 bags... that's all we took!

It was lovely to see the countryside, woods, and mountains along the way. The train reaches speeds close to 200 miles per hour.

snack car is always so much fun

waterfall in mountains

Paris

We found our hotel with ease. It is actually a hostel and other than our room being tiny and without air conditioning the room was fine. When I say it is hot this Texas girl is not exaggerating. It was crazy hot. The staff let us borrow a fan which helped.

We headed out for lunch then took a taxi to the Eiffel Tower. 

We tried to do One of Those Hop On Hop Off bus tours. Instead it made us sick because we did not have a seat and thus no audio. We hopped off. Funny things is when we saw other buses from that company they were never as crowded. I guess just bad luck. 

We ended up taking a taxi to Notre Dame Which is breathtaking with such detail and can really make the imagination run wild.

We enjoyed a bottle of wine  with bread and cheese from a restaurant with a view. We also visited with other travelers' enjoying the view as well.

We actually went back to the tower to see it at night and even saw fireworks.

London to Paris on Eurostar

Our morning to the train was going quite smooth, but apparently a train broke down making our routes backlogged. We QUICKLY decided to take a taxi, but first needed to find the taxi que. Once we did it was an easy ride to the train station in London.

Taxi

We passed through security and got our passports stamped and reviewed. 

Then we waited for boarding. 

Looking for our train car.

When we arrived in Paris we were quite excited to find our place we were staying was just a short walk. 

Train station in Paris