London!

After a long and eventful day in Paris, we had gone to sleep and woke up and headed for the train station. This would be my first experience on high speed rail AND going through the Chunnel! The Chunnel is the tunnel that goes under the English Channel. Arriving at the train station in Paris, the first thing you notice is how busy this place is! It is just as busy if not busier than an airport.

After going through customs, we headed to our train.....We took our seats, and a short while later we were off! The train goes very fast. I am talking 150mph fast. As we blazed through the French countryside I sat back in comfort in my seat. The trains are very comfortable and very quiet. They have a bar to buy drinks and snacks from and bathrooms that are bigger than airplane ones. I had a chicken and rocket sandwich... You can travel from car to car easily.

My excitement built as we approached the Chunnel. My infatuation with the chunnel comes from when I was young watching a documentary about it. Ever since I had wanted to travel through it. I pulled out my video camera to document my journey. Then, without warning, we had entered!!! I anxiously peered out the window excited to fulfill my childhood desire....However all I saw was darkness...That was it, the chunnel was just a dark tunnel. Nothing more nothing less. Such disappointment I felt. Watch it here...

Feeling dumb I went back to reading my magazine. Then we had emerged in the UK! shortly after we were in the London train station. This train station was also huge!
We said farewell to our train...We then headed to the underground subway to our hotel. We had had an exhausting few days. So we decided to take it easy the rest of the day and just relax and get some food. Tomorrow would be for the sights of London.

However on a side note, for dinner that night we went to a British Pub and had some authentic British fare. Fish and Chips, and Bangers and Mash! The Fish and Chips were good...
But the Bangers and Mash were not so good.

I will post about London tomorrow!