On to Paris!

On our way to Paris today – one train to Basel (near Swiss border) and then a super-fast train to Paris. Doing 316km an hour, and it feels like nothing! You can still see the countryside whizzing past, to get a general ideal about the rural France on the way to Paris. Lots of little villages with churches and trees as far as I can tell. We met a man on the train who works for Air NZ, from Auckland , and was reading about Mt Erebus (Paul Holmes book). Dave and him had a great conversation about things in general, did you know the black plane that carries the all Blacks is heavier than the other planes, because black paint is heavier than the white paint and therefore burns more fuel when flying! Interesting what you find out on fast trains! By the way we are on a double decker train, and are sitting on the top deck looking out!