Gare du Nord is one of the large train stations in Paris. I'm on a Thalys train to Brussels. Thalys goes very fast, but is not quite the same as the TGV, which is 2 tracks over, and also serves CDG airport. Eurostar to London is a couple of tracks over the other way.
Gare du Nord is also cold. Feels colder inside than it did outside even. I'd say that maybe it was designed to keep undesirables away, but that's clearly not the case. Not successfully at least. Paris overall is winning the "people asking for money" contest. Airport, city centre, metro, RER, train station... I've been asked probably a dozen times for money in 24 hours. At least some of them are creative, like the guy trying to sell me a newspaper. A free newspaper. A French newspaper. I didn't bite.
So anyway, Gare du Nord is cold. But they do have heat zones. They must be infrared heaters set up in a column and they kick out quite a bit of heat in a small area. They're scattered around the waiting area and people are all huddled around them.
Paris also wins the insane driving challenge. I now understand the model used by Montreal drivers.
Train's picking up speed now... 90 minutes to Brussels.
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