30th April - Venice to Paris - 1st May Home to London

 

A fellow passenger



Hard to believe the holiday is almost over.  We had just enough time to pack up, head for the station and catch our train ready for an 11 hour jaunt to Paris.   

Farmland in Italy

We were changing trains at Milan so had just over 2 hours on the first train then nearly nine hours on the second train.  Luckily TreinItalia is a very upmarket service and the seat are very roomy and comfortable.  They lie partially down so the trip wasn't too arduous.  We wound our way through the Italian Alps that still had a hint of snow and then on throught the French Alps.  Our passports were checked and then we proceeded on

French Alps

.  We arrived in Paris at 11.15pm and after getting lost we finally found our hotel and checked in.  Yay, a comfy hotel room with a very soft bed.  Up next morning to a lovely breakfast of croissants, tea and cereal.  Then back to the station to get to Gare du Nord and then onto Eurostar home to London. 

The Italian Alps

 The Eurostar trip is only 2 1/2 hours but seats are alot more cramped than the Italian ones.  Back to Kings Cross and then due to line closures it took us another two hours to finally get back to Stratford.  Home in time to put the washing through and get sorted so that the next day(last day of holidays) we can relax.  Wow, what a wonderful holiday.  One that will be appreciated for years to come.

The goodies.



Gare du Lyon