Travelling Back

Posted on 2012/06/20 23:01:52 (June 2012).

[Monday 18th June 2012]
Awoke around 8am on the sleeper train, and really enjoyed lying in bed watching the world pass by. Went for breakfast in the dining car a little after 9. Food-wise it was again a somewhat basic affair - a croissant, some coffee and some orange juice - but as last night I can't really put my finger on it but there was just something really fun about sitting in that dining car.

We returned to our cabin for the last hour or so of the journey after that, and continued to enjoy lounging around watching the scenery go past.

We arrived in Paris just after 11, and I suggested we try another vegetarian restaurant that I'd found out about with the help of Google Maps on my phone - a place called Saveurs Veget'Halles (I didn't think the French really went in for puns). So we headed over there from Gare de Lyon, and it actually turned out easier just to walk, which made for a pleasant stroll along the Seine.

I think I slightly preferred the food here to the place we'd eaten at on the way out (Le Grenier de Notre Dame). The menu seemed to be focused on mock meats, and I assume given the ingredients they used there must have been a bit of Chinese influence.

After that we hopped on the metro to Gare du Nord, and from there got the Eurostar back to London.

Oh, the French go in for puns all the time with shop names! I can't believe you haven't noticed it before.

Posted by John's Mum at 2012/06/23 16:23:57.

Nice trip. I envy you. And you deserve an award for special effects: Venice looks deserted on your pics! Always tempting to clear your way with a machine gun. I think I've never seen such a crowded place in the whole world.

Posted by Sheri at 2012/06/28 10:24:28.

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