Something caught my eye about the way the sun was shining this afternoon across Étampes station platform.
As I took this photo a group teenagers asked me for moustache-growing advice.
The beautiful station roof flies gracefully over the platforms while electricity gantries stomp grumpily across the foreground.
This clash makes me cross and prompts a post about misaligned systems.
This week we took our 5-month old by Eurostar to Paris. The experience of travelling with a baby is adding a new perspective to my journeys. Long-distance train travel with a baby is by no means impossible. The couple travelling opposite us on the Eurostar last Friday were on their way to Florence by night train, having recently travelled to Venice and to Madrid by sleeper with their well-travelled toddler. Most things still feel possible – I just feel I want to know a little more in advance. So this post is for the benefit of other people seeking reassurance about travelling on Eurostar with a baby. (more…)