In Sept will be celebrating 30 year aniv on a Clipper cruise with 3 other
close friends....starting in Athens Greece and doing some small Greek
Islands.

Then, after a couple extra days in Athens we are off for Paris, just my wife
and I. But since we have 10 days before flying home in Paris...any
suggestions for where to take the fast train for a 3 day trip that would be
really great?

Bordeaux, Lyon, etc...been planning this part and struggling.

On Sat, 6 Jun 2009 07:03:46 -0400, "Richard Neidich"
> wrote:

>But since we have 10 days before flying home in Paris...any
>suggestions for where to take the fast train for a 3 day trip that would be
>really great?
>
>Bordeaux, Lyon, etc...been planning this part and struggling.

Don't restrict your ideas to France. London, for example, is now
easily accessible by train from Paris.

--
Steve Slatcher
http://pobox.com/~steve.slatcher

On Jun 6, 7:03�am, "Richard Neidich" > wrote:
> In Sept will be celebrating 30 year aniv on a Clipper cruise with 3 other
> close friends....starting in Athens Greece and doing some small Greek
> Islands.
>
> Then, after a couple extra days in Athens we are off for Paris, just my wife
> and I. �But since we have 10 days before flying home in Paris...any
> suggestions for where to take the fast train for a 3 day trip that would be
> really great?
>
> Bordeaux, Lyon, etc...been planning this part and struggling.

Champage is always nice in the summer. Easy to get to from Paris.

"Richard Neidich" > wrote in message
...
> In Sept will be celebrating 30 year aniv on a Clipper cruise with 3 other
> close friends....starting in Athens Greece and doing some small Greek
> Islands.
>
> Then, after a couple extra days in Athens we are off for Paris, just my
> wife and I. But since we have 10 days before flying home in Paris...any
> suggestions for where to take the fast train for a 3 day trip that would
> be really great?
>
> Bordeaux, Lyon, etc...been planning this part and struggling.

Last spring I went to Beaune for 3 days and had a great time. I also spent
3 days in Bordeaux, but enjoyed Beaune more.

On Sat, 6 Jun 2009 07:03:46 -0400, "Richard Neidich"
> wrote:

>In Sept will be celebrating 30 year aniv on a Clipper cruise with 3 other
>close friends....starting in Athens Greece and doing some small Greek
>Islands.
>
>Then, after a couple extra days in Athens we are off for Paris, just my wife
>and I. But since we have 10 days before flying home in Paris...any
>suggestions for where to take the fast train for a 3 day trip that would be
>really great?
>
>Bordeaux, Lyon, etc...been planning this part and struggling.
>
1 Why restrict to TGV?
2 Loire Valley (TGV to get to Tours and rent car from there)
3 Normandy (again car is helpful)
3 Lake Annecy
4 Dordogne is very nice this time of year (TGV to Bordeaux rent car or
take regional train stop in Bergerac for wine related fun
5 Switzerland, go to Montreux
6 Bruxelles-Ghent-Bruges
7 do something different go to the Ardennes in Belgium

That is only a start.

Joseph Coulter
Joseph Coulter Cruises and Vacations
www.josephcoulter.com

Mike, I guess I have to leave Paris...the dollar is so weak this trip is
going to delay retirement by 10 years if the dollar does not rebound :-(

Actually, I am willing to stay in Paris but I really just love trains and
have only dont the the TGV 2x 10 years ago on the barge in Burgundy. And I
really love the trains. I am a 52 year old 4 year old.


"Mike Tommasi" > wrote in message
...
> Richard Neidich wrote:
>> In Sept will be celebrating 30 year aniv on a Clipper cruise with 3 other
>> close friends....starting in Athens Greece and doing some small Greek
>> Islands.
>>
>> Then, after a couple extra days in Athens we are off for Paris, just my
>> wife and I. But since we have 10 days before flying home in Paris...any
>> suggestions for where to take the fast train for a 3 day trip that would
>> be really great?
>>
>> Bordeaux, Lyon, etc...been planning this part and struggling.
>
> By not restirciting yourself to TGV you can easily plan a mission to Mars
> in that time... :-0
>
> A couple of remarks:
> 1) Why leave Paris? :-)
> 2) TGV can bring you to Marseille pretty quickly, from there you could
> rent a car and take the overnight ferry to Corsica, it has the most
> stunningly beautiful landscapes in the Mediterranean.
>
>
>
> --
> Mike Tommasi - Six Fours, France
> email link http://www.tommasi.org/mymail

Steve Slatcher wrote:

>
> Don't restrict your ideas to France. London, for example, is now
> easily accessible by train from Paris.
>

Indeed it is, Steve, to such an extent that I took the Eurostar from
London for a daytrip to Paris. What decadence!

Mark Lipton

--
alt.food.wine FAQ: http://winefaq.cwdjr.net

Used to spend to much time in London on business...and, the food is better
in France.





"Mark Lipton" > wrote in message
...
> Steve Slatcher wrote:
>
>>
>> Don't restrict your ideas to France. London, for example, is now
>> easily accessible by train from Paris.
>>
>
> Indeed it is, Steve, to such an extent that I took the Eurostar from
> London for a daytrip to Paris. What decadence!
>
> Mark Lipton
>
> --
> alt.food.wine FAQ: http://winefaq.cwdjr.net