Chunneling
I go to Paris
10 July 1999:
Chunneling
I took the channel tunnel train, the Eurostar, to Paris. It's just a three-hour trip, but there's an hour time change, so you move an hour ahead when you get to Paris, and an hour back when you go to London. So on paper, it looks like a four-hour and a two-hour trip, respectively. This confused the two women in front of me like you would not believe. They just puzzled over this for the entire trip, and put a Eurostar employee through a merciless round of questions. They had never been to Paris and were leaving for London five hours after just getting there. I got the impression they never leave their London neighborhood. I got the impression they overlook the Eurostar from their flats near Waterloo Station and said, "Look, Gert, that funny yellow train. Let's see where it goes."
I took the channel tunnel train, the Eurostar, to Paris. It's just a three-hour trip, but there's an hour time change, so you move an hour ahead when you get to Paris, and an hour back when you go to London. So on paper, it looks like a four-hour and a two-hour trip, respectively. This confused the two women in front of me like you would not believe. They just puzzled over this for the entire trip, and put a Eurostar employee through a merciless round of questions. They had never been to Paris and were leaving for London five hours after just getting there. I got the impression they never leave their London neighborhood. I got the impression they overlook the Eurostar from their flats near Waterloo Station and said, "Look, Gert, that funny yellow train. Let's see where it goes."
Posted: Sat - July 10, 1999 at 02:34 AM
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