That's has to have been the most crazy journey I've ever done.
Set off from Amanda's flat at 9am English time, by a taxi to the station.
Then I got a train to a station in the middle of nowhere... where I then got up on a rail replacement coach thingy, which took me to another station... where there was a train, which took me to Paris.
Then I had to get a Metro in Paris to get between two stations. I then got a RER train (suburban French train thing - bit like Docklands Light Railway I suppose) to the airport After haning around for ages I got on an airport bus thing and got taken to my plane. Then I got on a 737 and flew in the sky, way up high.
Then I got on a shuttle bus to take me to the airport station in England... still with me? Then I got on a train, and then another train, and then another train... Phew... then I got a taxi to ClaudeStreet. 13 hours of travelling is crazy, and I've got a really busy day tomorrow, and I'm really tired :(
I'll write more about my adventure later!
isn't there a bus that goes direct to East midlands from dunkirk?...I got one earlier in the year anyway...although I suspect the value of that depends strongly on where you were flying from :)
Hope you had a nice time
Posted by: Sarah on November 4, 2003 12:33 AMIndeed there is a bus that goes directly to East Midlands Airport (Rainbow 5 I think)... however as you've pointed out, it would be silly going there when I was flying from London Luton...!
And before you go... why didn't you go from EMA, it's todo with cost of flights, and destinations. However, I'm going to look into going to more destinations and things now that I've done it all once and sort of know what's happening now.
And, no, before anyone mentions it, the EuroStar is a super way of it costing a million pounds or so... :)
Posted by: Ed on November 4, 2003 11:01 AMIt always takes that long to get anywhere international. When I go home, it always takes 12 hours at least no matter what cunning method of transport I choose.
If I was going to darkest france though, I'd have hired a car.
Posted by: Paul on November 4, 2003 1:17 PMHumm... well if Mandy were in say Paris, then it'd only take me about 4 hours to see her (2h train trip to Luton, say about 1h before flight) and a 48 minute flight. It's the silly 4 hour train ride to Verdun and the hanging around for trains/buses which is the arse.
I think hiring a car would have made things take longer - however a car maybe used in Ed's next visit...
Posted by: Ed on November 4, 2003 1:24 PMSorry to be picky, but it was an RER train you took I believe, not an RAP.
And believe me Verdun is not just 'anywhere international' - its close but its a real arse. Quicker to go on the train down to the Mediterranean than to go on the train here.
Posted by: Amanda on November 4, 2003 2:28 PMIndeed it was an RER. Got confused by the ticket which says RATP on it.. and the T and the P are combined, which looks like a stylised P :)