Phil Mercer

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Paris

 

I arrived in Paris on Tuesday via Eurostar. It's a journey that has become easier over the years - even after a recent fire the two and a quarter hour journey is unbeatable.
Nico and i had a race as he was flying at roughly the same time as me! I made it first even though on paper he should have been faster! He was still cursing CDg later that evening.
That wasn't to say my journey went trouble free though - my life is never that simple? A few days before I made a mad dash from East London to Manchester via Oxford - it made sense at the time!
As usual London Underground decided to put as many hurdles in my way as possible. First with engineering work, then with a signal failure. After a diversionary train trip to Liverpool Street and another closed tube line I missed my train from Paddington. I almost cried when I realised that my only hope was a train thet arrived in Reading the moment my Manchester service left! Thankfully for the first time since I've been using them the train arrived in Reading early! Miracle!

Back on my trip to Paris i had a spot of bother at paddington again. As I got of the train my phone slipped from my pocket and dissappeared between the platform and the train! Bugger!

# posted by Phil @ 5:41 pm

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