Marlene, and June, Although Bron and I have travelled to France (and Germany etc) many times in the past 20 years or so, we have never used Eurostar. We have always taken our car and used the Shuttle train through the Tunnel. Easy and quick - only 35 minutes from leaving Folkestone to arriving at Calais - and neither of us is a good sailor! I recall once, after a trip to the south of France, we arrived back at Calais with a couple of hours in hand before the time of our Shuttle. So we went to Cap Gris Nez for a picnic lunch - which we ate in the car because, though the sun was shining, a howling gale was blowing. Looking over the English Channel towards England and seeing the Cross-Channel ferries heaving and tossing in the wild seas, we were very glad we were going to travel through the Tunnel! Friends who have used Eurostar say it too is very comfortable and remarkably quick - quicker than by air if you allow for the time it takes to get to and from the airports. And of course. like London, Paris has an excellent public transport sysytem to get you to your hotel... Howie >> June wrote: >> Have either of you travelled on the new Eurostar >> from London to Paris? I think that I might like to >> do this when I visit England. Let me know your >> thoughts. >> >> June >> and Marlene replied: >> I haven't .... have thought about it BUT I'm sure >> Howie and Bron have done so, not sure about the >> other Trivvies. >> Are you hoping to go over this year ??? >> Marlene