I love TGV transport. Our departure from Geneva wasn't easy. The train had been replaced by a bus for the first 50km which was a real pain, and involved a fair bit of lugging our gear around. Bagging the terns isn't the ideal way to move them, and with all the bracing they require in preparation for assault by handlers, you can't unfold them and wheel them around. At 17kg each, carrying two plus a backpack isn't fun in the heat. Mary had her own fun trying to manage two uncooperative Aldi sports bags plus her backpack plus Satchel and bag of food. We look like a camel train without the camels!
But once you board the TGV and find your seat it's wonderful. Air conditioned… power output. I'm working on this blog at over 100kph and it's pretty quiet. You forget about the velocity until a train goes the other way and the suction jolts you and your carriage even seems to lift a little… or you enter a tunnel and your eardrums billow out of your external meatus.
So the end approaches dear reader. Sorry I've been slack in the last segments… finishing this blog with a bit of a rush. It's been such a full and fulfilling holiday. The only pleasures that await are the Novotel at CDG, CDG itself and Singapore Accor hotel.. I'll report from these if there's anything notable.
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