This is certainly not our first weekend in Paris, and it will not be the last, but it may have been the first time we have had a trip to the French capital as a Christmas present to each other . . . . even though this was March! Travelling on the Friday evening we joined the Eurostar service at 2001 from London St Pancras to Paris Gare du Nord. Travelling in Standard Premier we arrived into Paris at just after 2315 (local time) and then hopped onto bus 31 that s...

It was probably five or more years ago that we agreed with friends, Simon and Linda, that we should visit Paris with the aim of also taking in the show at Moulin Rouge and in 2017 we managed it! Our Friday evening journey began with a trip on Eurostar from London St Pancras to Paris Gare du Nord - the 19.01 departure was a 'classic', or old, Eurostar which we much prefer over the modern trains that are being introduced. Simon and Linda had travelled to Paris ear...

Arriving at London St Pancras we had an hour or so to kill before checking in for the 2001 Eurostar departure to Paris Gare du Nord. This is the second time in the last few weeks we have been on this train and not only did we have the same seats in the same coach but also exactly the same train itself (train number 4003). The journey to Paris was quick, infact we arrived over ten minutes early at 2320 local time. The food and service on board in Standard Premiere...

Paris, a bit like London, is somewhere that we both have visited a fair few times in fact we will be passing through the city another three times before the end of May! The weekend itself was not really about seeing the sights, although we did not 'do' many we did 'see' many of the major sights as we wandered the streets, or took a bus around the French capital with our friends, Julie and Paul, who are living in Paris for a year in an apartment within spitting ...

Arriving into Paris Gare du Nord at around 2315 it was nice to meet up with a few friends who were still out finishing off their meal in Paris so it made sense to join them for cocktails before turning in for the night, after all with the one hour time difference between the UK and France it was still fairly early. On the Saturday, my 40th birthday events started with breakfast at Fauchon with Simon. Linda and Heather before we headed across to meet with Heather...