Paris December 13, 2005
Posted by evilzenscientist in : travel , add a commentToday I was in Paris.
I travelled on Eurostar - leaving from London Waterloo to Paris Gare du Nord.
I arrived - and there were no taxis available - and a queue of several hundred people waiting. I resorted to diving into the Metro to travel across to the Novell office in the west of the city - near La Defense.
Turned out there was a strike on the RER - and some RER commuter trains were not running through Paris.
One benefit of taking the Metro is to ogle the timeless 1950’s design of some of the metro stations; Franklin D Roosevelt is one of my favourites - orange, silver and harsh lines; with delightful, gallic station names.
A good set of meetings with customers and partners - this is the first time back in Paris for a few years.
At the end of the day out to Paris Airport Charles de Gaulle - again major delays because ofthe SNCF strike - I have never seen people so crammed into a train.
