338: Tips on Taking the Eurostar between Paris and London

The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

Shannon Ables

Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

It's been said that taking the Eurostar (which runs under the English Channel, connecting London to Brussels, Paris, Lille, Rotterdam and Amsterdam) is much more like taking a plane ride than taking a train ride, and in many respects, I would have to agree.

Why? It's swift, it's non-stop and there is wonderful service and amenities for comfort as you drift along in either direction.

Today's episode/post is for the first-time traveler choosing to take the Eurostar and especially for those of you like me, who don't live in Europe or Britain and want to see as much of the two countries that you love during one trip with ease.

I booked my first ticket on the Eurostar in 2012, boarding in London, destined for Paris. Riding Standard (aka Coach) with my traveling companion, the ease of having your luggage with you, sitting in comfortable seats with spacious seating arrangements all the while knowing the only stop will be your stop eased my mind as it was the first time I had traveled abroad to Europe since 2000.

Fast forward to 2022, and I booked our Standard Premiere tickets (there are three classes - Standard, Standard Premiere and Business Premiere), leaving Paris, departing for London. The upgrade was lovely and worth the additional space, a bit quieter (although Standard was fairly quiet as well), and the upgrade in dining service was oh, so good. But I am getting ahead of myself.

~The Simple Sophisticate, episode #338

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0:49.2	Friday morning now to today's episode. Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style.
1:16.3	I'm your host, Shannon Ables.
1:18.8	And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a
1:25.0	cafe ole, thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 338th episode of the Simple Sophisticate. Today we are in the middle of French week if you you tuned into our most recent episode, 337,
1:55.5	you know that there's gonna be two new episodes
1:57.8	during this week, the seventh annual French week.
2:00.9	And today's episode is all about the Eurostar and tips on taking it between
2:06.1	Paris and London and London and Paris and I'll also share just some general tips
2:09.7	so maybe you're traveling from London to Brussels or to Amsterdam.
2:14.3	So any of these tips will apply, doesn't have to be just Paris or London except for I'm just
2:18.5	going to specifically talk about those two terminals, those two stations, because those are the two that I have been in.
2:25.4	But before I get to this list of tips, this week's Petit-Plazier, or should I say today's Petit-Plazier,
2:32.1	because we had one on Monday is a French film that
2:37.5	stars a well-known French actress and the storyline is beautiful and uplifting and courageous and light-hearted but full at the same time.
2:50.0	I do hope you'll stick around to find out what that is. I generally enjoyed that film about two
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