#honeyschmoon has been quite successful so far.
We left Broadbottom on the 10.15 on Wednesday (09/09/15) and despite the slight delay just before Watford Junction (signalling issues, as per usual), we managed pulled into Euston a little before 14.00 (later than our scheduled 13.08).
After several attempts at selfies because there was a the ruddy baby-head that kept following us around on the electronic advertisement boards and a wonderful luncheon at Sourced Market in St. Pancras International; we boarded our Eurostar from Platform 7.
We arrived at Gard du Nord at 19.05 and made our way to la Marais where our airbnb apartment was via the Paris Metro - our 5th mode of rail-transportation that day (Northern train BDB-MAN; Virgin train MAN-EUS; London Underground on the Piccadilly line, Russell Square-STP; Eurostar STP-PDN; Paris Metro 5, Gard du Nord-Oberkampf).
Day 2 was a lazy day, a so-called R&R day (recovery and relaxation day). It simply consisted of a very late start, a mid-morning snooze, a gentle stroll to the Piscine Josèphine Baker (the floating swimming pool on the Seine) for 25/40 laps, then a gentle stroll home again, stopping for a spot of dinner at Café de Lyon.
Day 3 was tourist day. We did ALOT of touristy things. Croissants from the local bakery for breakfast; the Tour Eiffel (and a wee bit of acro-yoga right by it); the Champs Élysées; the Arc du Triomphe; charcuterie for lunch; Notre Dame; leisure ride on Parisian Boris-bikes; and crêpes for dinner! Tres French!
And now, we wait. We'll see what the Paris-Moscow train brings... We're actually booked on two separate carriages, because it was nearly all booked up by the time we got round to booking our tickets (like 6+ weeks in advance!) So we are going to have to pull the #honeyschmoon card....
Fingers crossed! (Although I suppose it wouldn't kill us to have *some* time apart...)
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