Tag: trains
Unlikely Paris: The Lighthouse by the Train Tracks
At 6 a.m. it’s already broad daylight. A lighthouse stands before me, reaching into a sky that announces a beautiful June day. But there...
Fast Food Improves on France’s Fast Train
Once known in culinary circles for its chewy, wilted, nearly empty sandwiches, the French national railway company SNCF has reconsidered the food offerings on the nation’s high speed trains, the TGV, and given an upgrade to its snack bar menu and to the meal boxes available in the first class cars.
5 Days in Auvergne: Part I, from Paris to Clermont-Ferrand
Part 1 of a 5-part trip report about Auvergne (in the center of France) with a focus on spa towns. Part 1 includes the train ride from Paris to Clermont-Ferrand, the region's capital, some highlights in the city, and a dinner of hearty regional fare.
New TGV Line Speeds Up Burgundy-Alsace Train Route
The first high-speed train route in France that is not centered around Paris opened today (Dec. 11, 2011), quickening the connection between Burgundy and...
On a Train from Paris to Rome
One of these days we'll get around to making a real video for "On a Train from Paris to Rome" -- music by Jordan Zell, lyrics by Gary Lee Kraut -- but in the meantime you can watch and listen to a practice performance of the song by Jordan Zell and Yuri Stolov at the Putin Bar in Jerusalem in November 2009.
Looking for Lorraine in Paris and Finding Alsace along the Way
Trains from Paris's East Station head into the Lorraine and Alsace regions of France, but products from those regions are found in and by the station.
Train Stop: Paris Gare de l’Est
Whether you've got a ticket or not, the old (and renovated) train stations of Paris are worth a stop, such as here at Gare...
Bomb Threat on the TGV
I shared a 4-seat section with a laid-back couple and their joyful, fidgety 3-year-old daughter. I had a window seat, riding backwards. The family and I had exchanged greetings in Paris as they settled into a seating arrangement whereby the woman sat across from me, the man to my left, and the child diagonally, with the warning from her mother not to donner des coups de pied au monsieur, that is, kick me.