We made a day trip to Paris to fulfill a longtime wish of Ellen's: to see the Olympics. We took Eurostar from London to Paris. For more info on that, see the previous post. It was the first trip to Paris for both of us. We saw a few sights, and also caught some of the men's bike road race. The weather was great and we had a blast!

Boarding the train in London

Nous sommes arrivée!

The Eiffel Tower

Enjoying a crêpe for lunch

The Seine

A Parisian Métro car

In Gare du Nord, waiting for the train home

It's been a dream of Ellen's to go to the Olympics. With us in the UK and the Olympics in Paris, this was a golden opportunity. We weren't ready to take a multi-day trip at such a late date, so Ellen suggested a 1-day Saturday trip to watch the men's road bike race. We decided to go by train. On Eurostar, the trip between London and Paris, through the Channel Tunnel, takes about 2.5 hours, which gave us enough time to get to the race, and maybe see some sites.

In the UK, the train got up to about 150 kilometers per hour (about 93 miles per hour). In France, it got up to about 300 kph (about 186 mph). Apparently, the tracks in the UK aren't built for anything faster.

Going through the Channel Tunnel was just like any other train tunnel, i.e. dark, with nothing to see, unfortunately.

For my friends who like trains, here is a compilation of the videos taken during the trip:

Train trip to Paris