I wandered around a bunch today, and it got rather cold and snowed for quite a while (lightly) – I’ve seen the Eiffel tower now from all over, but haven’t gone up it, visibility’s really poor and it’s just cold! I think I’ll save that for when I’m back in the warmer months sometime 
Paris is definitely a fun town to walk around in, it’s all very inviting and (fairly) easy to navigate. The metro system’s great when you need to get somewhere quick, supposedly in Paris you’re never more than 500 yards from a metro stop – not bad! Managing not to walk right between all of them when you’re looking for one may be another story though!
Tomorrow I hope to go to the Louvre museum, since I got there as it closed yesterday (they still let you walk around the common areas and gift shops), and today most of the museums are closed for the holiday. I think I’ll let that be the end of my Paris experience, and then hopefully make it over to London.
I didn’t quite realize that the Eurostar train wasn’t like an extended metro train.. and it’s actually quite expensive (ouch) – rides out tonight (e.g. two hours from now) would be about $150.. and for tomorrow, well, a whole lot more than that.. I’m *hoping* that a last minute booking for tomorrow will be similar to if I were to book tonight. But it’s a bit of a gamble, although it really wouldn’t be that fun to be rushed and hop on a train in two hours (saving the cost, but adding to the stress, and loosing the cost of my hotel for tonight). There’s supposedly a discount of Eurail pass holders as well, but you can’t determine that or book it online, I’ll have to do it in person or via phone (and their phones are closed today!)
If it ends up being really expensive – I have a few options, I could get an obscure flight on Sunday for about $150 that goes though.. Denmark, or, if I can get ahold of him, visit an stay with my friend Tony in Sweden for a few days (with my Eurail pass, I could travel there for free) and from there either book a Eurostar train to London, or a flight to London or Edinburgh (since I’d have burned some of my time up)
Well, I guess we’ll see what happens, hopefully it doesn’t end up being too stressful or expensive! (Planning more would have been helpful, it turns out!)
Eurostar is awesome though, if you thought the TGV train was fast.. the Eurostar is even more badass. Sounds like things have been good so far! Looking forward to seeing more pics and hearing about the trip over a pint or two.
I wish we had high speed trains as well, shooting up to Seattle for the weekend would be SO much easier/cheaper.
Yeah, I would have loved to hop on the Eurostar – this way took ALL day. The TGV is faster than the Eurostar – the Eurostar is based on the TGV, it doesn’t end up going as fast I guess.
Did you hear about what happened with the Eurotrain services? They had problems because of the snow too, although the services were only reduced, not cancelled. I got back from holiday yesterday and we had taken the Eurotrain, so we missed the trouble.
I didn’t hear about that – glad you made your way around the hassle! I’m off today to Oban, hopefully the trains up here aren’t a problem either.
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