We planned to avoid Paris like the plaque this year with the Olympics taking place. Until a blogging friend arrived in a Paris and said she was surprised by the “emptiness.”
Suddenly, my heart beat a little faster!
I had watched the opening ceremonies and parcoured along with the Phantom who jumped from rooftop to rooftop. When the flame lit the cauldron and the “hot air balloon” rose above Les Tuileries, I longed to see it.
Earl had appointments scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, but it didn’t take much persuading to get him to reschedule.
We purchased train tickets from Perpignan in the south of France to Paris. And after a gathering with friends Saturday night, we drove to Perpignan as the sun rose pink over the foothills of the Pyrenees.
Earl and I had bought our tickets individually, with our senior advantage card for people 60 and over. His seat was in coach 3 and mine was in coach 13. We wandered through the train station looking for someone who could help us arrange seats together but the office was closed early on a Sunday morning.
We settled for coffee and a croissant, plus a chocolatine for me, which apparently they call pain au chocolat in Perpignan, like the rest of France.
As we took the escalator up to Voie E to board our train, a conductor stood waiting to see our tickets. I described our dilemma about the seats.
She asked “do you want to be with me?” Pointing to the coach that Earl was seated in.
“Bien sur!” I said. And she checked the schedule before telling us which seats were available for us to sit together.
The TGV is fairly empty now, but we have several stops before Paris.
As we roll along toward Paris, I looked out the window and to my delight, saw the Mediterranean!
Next as we passed some salt flats, I saw flamingos feeding peacefully. This already feels like a magical trip.
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