Across Europe: Paris

Across Europe:  Paris
We left on our adventure across Europe by rail.  

First, we must rest -- kinda hard to get to sleep...

We made it to St. Pancras International Station...

http://stpancras.com/

Eurostar is the route to the continent from London...

http://www.eurostar.com/uk-en

Brekkus, while we wait, and of course, we had french pastries...

http://www.lepainquotidien.co.uk/store/st-pancras/#.VlKjo9-rQ_U

nom nom nom...

Onto Europe!

It didn't seem like we were going that fast...

All the necessary gadgets...  The big garmin stopped working for some reason -- battery probably, so I had to pull out the backup...

 

On the way down, we asked the train crew about tour ideas for Paris.  They helped us with directions from Gar du Nord to Gare de l'Est.  They also sold us tickets to the big bus tour, which we plan to use

on our way back through...

http://eng.bigbustours.com/paris/home.html?gclid=CjwKEAiA7MWyBRDpi5TFqqmm6hMSJAD6GLeA4zrC-QgfYLx-waBFAQe9mBEPvxOyvrANbz-_ShngeRoCMVfw_wcB

Gar du Nord

http://www.gares-sncf.com/fr/gare/frpno/paris-gare-du-nord

Walking from Gar du Nord to Gare de L'est 

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Gare+du+Nord,+18+Rue+de+Dunkerque,+75010+Paris,+France/Paris+Gare+de+l'Est,+Place+du+11+Novembre+1918,+75010+Paris,+France/@48.8776686,2.3553711,17z/data=!4m24!4m23!1m15!1m1!1s0x47e66e6bfc58a37f:0x4fb63768d2dd790c!2m2!1d2.3553137!2d48.8809481!3m4!1m2!1d2.3581136!2d48.8779204!3s0x47e66e729ada53f5:0x53e12925b38e71ac!3m4!1m2!1d2.3578139!2d48.8769447!3s0x47e66e72a416ff0b:0x2d7a839fd772bb98!1m5!1m1!1s0x47e66e72ebc10f6f:0xae5593252035142c!2m2!1d2.3591135!2d48.876636!3e2

Gare de L'est

http://www.gares-sncf.com/fr/gare/frpst/paris-est

It took us for ever to figure out these storage lockers.  The attendants were not too helpful.  We got stared down by some Russian men who were impatient and thought we were too stupid to deal with.  They couldn't figure out the lockers either.

Lost in the Paris Metro system...

http://www.parisleshalles.fr/

Lost in Paris...

Seine

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seine

http://www.aparisguide.com/ile-de-la-cite/

Lost again...

Love lock

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_lock

Louvre

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre

http://www.louvre.fr/en

Everybody else was doing it, but I think we took this to new lows...

Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_de_Triomphe_du_Carrousel

Eiffel Tower in the fog...

Out comes the map again, this time in search of the nearest metro station...

Where are weeee....???

Back at the station -- Gare de L'est...

Warmest place in the station which was cold, oh, and had a place to sit.... crowded -- Starbucks...

http://www.starbucks.fr/store/1006023/fr/gare-de-l-est-rail-level/place-du-11-novembre-1918-paris-j-75010

Deutsche Bahn

http://www.bahn.com/i/view/GBR/en/

Love the ICE...

http://www.bahn.com/i/view/GBR/en/trains/overview/ice.shtml?dbkanal_007=L04_S02_D002_KIN0001_kv2-ice_LZ001

Tired

Suyen conspired with her new found French friends we shared the table with to make it look like I drank all that and passed out....

Out come the puter...

Mannheim

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannheim

Fooodddd.....

http://www.einkaufsbahnhof.de/mannheim-hauptbahnhof/asiahung-s6717

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