Post #4011575
2026-07-22 10:43 UTC
I am sat on this TGV on 4 seat table in first class, and I am sharing it only with my faithful companion @wendy@mendeddrum.org.
I just snacked on a Laugencroissant, because the SNCF ones are terrible, if they even have them.
I have done over 80,000km by train over the past couple of years. It is still magical to me that a vehicle the size of a (very thin) skyscraper laid on its side is capable of travelling at over 300km/h and we can just site here comfortably and watch the world go by out of the window.
“It doesn’t stop being magic just because you know how it works” - Sir Terry Pratchett
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@moof@cupoftea.social 2026-07-22 12:06
@wendy@mendeddrum.org …I really should take my own advice. Lyon Part Dieu is crammed full of people today. It’s sapping my good mood. I’ve taken refuge in the newly-opened Pignol in the lower section of Place Béraudier, and I shall emerge when Ma Gare SNCF tells me to go to (probably) track K. And I’m telling myself I should have changed in Valence TGV. Those of you looking to change trains to Barcelona: do what I say, not what I do. A much more expanded bit of advice here: https://cupoftea.social/@moof/116828521528732917