As part of the preparations for the eagerly anticipated TGV Est-Européen, which will operate from June 10th between Paris and Strasbourg, the SNCF are hoping to break their previous high-speed train record. As might be expected, in France this is a media event. I heard it mentioned twice on the breakfast time news and it will be broadcast live on the lunchtime news. Read more here…
Also, I spotted this on the arrivals board last night at the Gard de Lyon. Anyone waiting for a friend on the 19h06 train might be waiting a long time…
Mary
Nevers, tu vois, c’est la ville du monde, et même c’est la chose du monde à laquelle, la nuit, je rêve le plus. En même temps que c’est la chose du monde à laquelle je pense le moins.
Any ideas?…
eiffelover
Proust: “Du côté de chez Swann” by any chance??
Mary
nope
eiffelover
Comment c’était la folie à Nevers ?
Mary
Is that a question or a suggestion? Surely you have some tres cultives readers out there?
marystevens
Alright – it’s from ‘Hiroshima mon amour’ by Marguerite Duras.
eiffelover
Hiroshima mon amour was mentioned in the quote online that I found, but I thought the author had gone on to talk about another town… silly me