Bonjour from Paris,
Had a late night on thursday… Blame Ian, Luke Smolenski, and Andrew Verral… All ex-Telstra guys. Good night though, even if I didn’t get to sleep ’till about 1am.

Getting up at 5:23 (should have been *gone* by 5:30) wasn’t fun. Managed to make my way to the meeting point near hyde park well before the specified meeting time though…
The eurostar is… Okay, less legroom than an aircraft… And for the slightly claustrophobic, the total time in the tunnel is less than 30mins… They hit speeds something like 150 mph (rough estimate … We were whipping past cars and trucks doing 70-80mph on the freeway.)

The group I’m with seems to be a fairly good bunch… 46 people total, about 20 are aussies, about the same kiwis, the rest are (iirc) from various parts of the UK. Decent age range too — 20’s to late 30’s is the vast bulk.

Also, Kumuka mix up the tour groups… Some of us on the 10 day tour, some 18, some 24ish, and even a few doing the full 44 day trip.

After arriving at the hotel, A group of us went off to the Eiffle Tower, and went up it… before going off to a group dinner, and cruise. Plenty of photos, but wont be online ’till sometime later.

Aurevouir