Le TGV

We woke early and cleared out of the flat by 7:30, caught a cab down on the Boulevard and were at the Gare du Lyon by 8:00. The high-speed TGV left right after 9:00. We flew across the French countryside at 130 miles per hour passing fields of what looked like mustard and alfalfa, a few vineyards, farmhouses and rivers. It was beautiful and peaceful, vistas romanticized in many of our favorite paintings.



After a couple of hours we noticed some hills and then some mountains arose on our left. I was reminded of how my teacher had described many French country towns: built on hills and fortified by large encircling walls during the Middle Ages. These charming remains are things you'd never see in the United States.



I took photos and movies as we went along.


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Location:Paris to Aix-en-Provence