Departure day!
Andreas and Wolfgang were escorting me in the taxi to the TGV train station, so I said goodbye to Andi and Nora.
On the way to the train station, Andreas had the taxi take a circuituitous route that passed a few landmarks, including the Catholic cathedral we saw from the water. But this was literally a 5 minute tour of the city, and I was just firing the camera out the window as we sped by.
Once at the train station, I said my goodbyes to Andreas and Wolfgang, and thanked Andreas once again for his generosity. I'd been talking about doing this for so many years!
At 9am, I boarded the TGV train and headed for Paris.
The train took me straight from Marseilles to the Charles De Gaulle airport on the outskirts of Paris. I would arrive three hours before my flight, so with plenty of time to spare, which was good because I got off the train at the wrong stop. Of all places, I got off at the stop for Disneyland Paris, which is just before the airport stop -- nooo, I definitely don't want to go there! As we pulled into the station, I think they probably announced that CDG was coming up at the next stop after that, but with their impenetrable English and bad P.A. sound system, I probably just recognized "Charles de Gaulle" and bolted off the train.
Finally, the flight from Paris to Atlanta.
Whew!
Thank you Uncle Andreas!
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