Avignon - Paris

Thursday 4 August 05

We woke up early and the wind was still blowing a gale so we decided that we would ride tothe TGV station and catch the high speed train back to Paris.

We packed up camp and checked out. The ride to the station took us a little longer than expected but was pretty painless. Once at the station, I went to buy or tickets - well actually just pay the reservation fee. We expected that there would be people everywhere but we were plesently surprised. The place was pretty much empty. I walked straight to the ticket windonw. Once we had our reservation we walked the bikes upto the platform and packed them up ready to go on the train.

THe TGV we caught was one of the new duplex units - it had 2 storeys. We were greeted by an awesome guard who got us to wait until everyone was ont he train before showing us where we could store our bikes. The trip only took 2 hours!! We couldn't believe it how quick it was to travel nearly the full length of France (approx 900 kms).

We arrived in Paris and bought the tickets we needed for the Metro. It was so much nicer getting to the campground this time as we knew where to go.

After checking in we setup camp almost in the same spot as before. We could not believe the difference in the campground from May. The place was litterally bursting at the seams.