Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Second Leg

The train from Barcelona made one stop at Girona and made a maximum speed (that I noticed) of 290 km/h.  At Figueres there was a French train waiting so I just needed to cross the platform and go through a ticket check. On this train, a double decker, I was seatedvupstairs. The toilets on the last train were immaculately clean. On this one the 1st class train seats are wider, with electric adjustment, and there is a large table top that slides out of the seat in front. No music this time but I have a socket next to the seat.

Figueres is surrounded by beautiful countryside: mountains on one side and many hills covered in trees. Through a tunnel and we were in France, which immediately looked different in architecture and land use. The train had one stop before Narbonne, at Perpignan.


From Perpignan the train followed the sea, sometimes running right along the shore. Many wading birds were visible on a shoreline similar to the Camargue. The train went on to Montpellier before continuing to Paris. I would have loved to stay on that one.

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