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- Good morning from London.
We're currently at the St. Pancras Renaissance hotel,
about to check out.
This hotel is right next to St. Pancras station,
which is great because we're about to hop
on the Eurostar and go to Paris.
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Right here is where we're gonna be taking
the Eurostar from.
So, can't really stay any closer to the platforms.
It's a two hour and 20 minute journey.
In no time we are gonna be having croissants
and coffee in Paris.
Let's go.
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Less than a one minute walk.
We're in St. Pancras station.
The Eurostar is literally right there.
But we're gonna go do passport control
and check in before we get on.
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And here we are from my bed
to the Eurostar departures area in less than three minutes.
Let's go.
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Okay. We're here at the Eurostar departures area
and here's what you should expect when you come here.
First of all, there's two types of tickets you can get
for the Eurostar.
One is economy.
That's what I'm taking today.
And one is business.
If you're on business, there is a lounge that you get to
hang out in.
And if you're economy, you are in the area with the rest
of people like me.
There's not much to do here.
There's a Pret for food, a duty free shop and another spot
for some food, but otherwise you're basically just
gonna be hanging around doing nothing.
So you don't need to get here that early,
'cause there's really not that much to do.
Our train leaves in 20 minutes.
Our platform is number 10.
We're gonna slowly make our way up to the platform.
Super easy, nice and relaxed, much better than when
you're trying to get on the plane.
And that's about it.
Super easy.
We've only been at this for about 45 minutes,
so, easy peasy, let's do it.
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- We're on the platform almost ready to get on.
You can basically see my room from here
and the window that we looked through before.
But now we're about to hop on the train
and in two and a half hours, we'll be in Paris.
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Yay! Let's go!
Left on time.
It's been a few years since I've been on the Eurostar
but this is like one of the newer trains
and it's very comfortable.
We've actually managed to spread out a bit
'cause it's not very crowded.
So, let's enjoy the journey.
- [Train Manager] Morning, everybody.
And welcome on board the Eurostar to Paris.
I am EU train manager today
and with my colleague, (inaudible.)
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- Okay, we've entered the tunnel.
This is the tunnel that goes
under the English Channel and it's 31 miles long.
It's gonna take us about 30 minutes to get through it.
It's the longest underwater tunnel in the world.
So this is really, what's the most special thing
about the Eurostar is
because we've gone into the tunnel in England
and we're gonna pop out on the other end in France.
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And just like that, we're in France.
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We need sunshine tomorrow and Thursday
we need sunshine. And a little Friday.
And we have arrived in Paris.
It's been a two hour and 20 minute journey and here we are.
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We've arrived to Gare Du Nord right in the centre of Paris.
Just goes to show, train is by far the best way
to get from London to Paris.
You go from the city centre to the city centre, basically
you could be at the Eiffel Tower
in less than 30 minutes from here.
It's great to be here.
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