Friday, March 13, 2009

Paris: How to vacation in Paris very cheaply from London....The Guide - Part 1

OK!! If you happen to be living in London or are in London for holidays and want to travel to Paris, you can do it really cheaply. Go to lastminute.com and search for package deals of travel (by Eurostar) and accommodation (choose your own hotel) in Paris.

We got a DAMN good deal, £196 for 3 days/2 nights in Paris!! That's DAMN value i think.....

So you get to travel on Eurostar, it takes 2 hours 15 minutes to get you from London's St Pancreas Station (a really nice transformed cathedral of some sorts) to Paris Gare Du Nord (probably North railway station in French i think)

the nice skylight of London's St Pancreas Station

Lookout for your coach number, it's on the floor, don't miss it

don't get on the wrong trains, make sure it's the Eurostar....well, you must pass through Immigration first, so definitely won't be on the wrong platform la

remember to pack your own breakfast/lunch or nuttella bread, bananas and crisps (British equivalent of potato chips) and a bottle of ribena. Food on the train is quite ex....and it's in €

you know you've reach Paris once you peek outside and see loads and loads of graffitti on any available spaces on the walls by the rail tracks....or if you are lucky, you may catch a glimpse of Sacre Coeur

and you see somemore Eurostar trains going in the opposite direction

and come to to realise that EVERYTHING is in French and VERY LITTLE english translation!!

To be continued.....

tomorrow!!

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