Air travel has become such a nuisance and unpleasant experience that it is wonderful to be able to indulge oneself with the train. We loved the Eurostar experience last year and this promises to be even more delightful. We will definitely begin our journey by taking advantage of Europe's longest champagne bar at 93 metres, with 40 types of bubbly on offer. Fast food joints have been banished...yeah!
It's going to be such fun going to Paris from here and the time will be even less than from Waterloo because of the new high speed tracks. It's going to run about 2 hours 20 minutes...wow! Alastair Lansley, the architect behind the renovation, commented, "If you're travelling to Paris by train, it should evoke images of elegance and romance, and I think we're going to have achieved that. I think so too and can't wait to take it this June if all goes according to plan.
The outside of the station with the clocktower.
Station Platform View
In an effort to evoke the classic epoch of rail travel, this nine-metre sculpture called "The Meeting" was commissioned.
