Leave from gare du l est complete with pigeons in the restaurant. We had tangle withthe station lockers when we tried to stash our luggage for another quick side trip to the sacre Couer. Foiled by g putting the credit card in the ticket slot 15 min later the the remaining time was too short for the 9.50 euro fee. Ate at the restaurant in the station, baguette sandwiches again. When you're In france, eat like the french.
Tgv train less smoothe and quiet but still very comfortable. Rolling hills with lots of crop farming transitions to flat plains with even more ag. Villages have different arcitecture more swiss german. Cathedrals also look more swisscattle white charlais(?) Short spires and red tile roofs. wind farms
Switzerland has lots of tunnels on the train line
Traveled along the operating Canal de la Marne au Rhin which connects the Marne river with the Rhine in Strasbourg...with locks and boats cued for the draw bridge
Vosges Mountains to the west, Rhine to the east.
Kids speed skating in a pack on the school playground
Changed trains at Basel lots of bikes parked at the station, racks filled with bikes.
Quest to find food on the swiss passenger car
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