Bonjour (Hello)! Some facts about France: 1. French, founded in 843, is one of the oldest states in Europe 2. French is the largest European country in terms of land after Russia and Ukraine 3. On an average there are about 3 cooking books get published in France everyday 4. French people are biggest consumers of medicine in Europe Day 1 (02nd April 2010) As this was our first Europe trip, we were very excited of our visit to France. We toured with Kishor and Swathi. Day started quite early as our EuroStar train from Kings Cross was at 7:27AM, Had to get up as early as 3:00AM to travel from Reading and London to be on time. I was very much looking forward to travel in EuroStar especially the journey via the tunnel but was quite disappointed as it didn't feel any better than our First Great Western train. Only I could say is travel via the tunnel gave us good long pitch dark moments with lot of discomforts to our ears. Anyways, reached Paris - 'Gore -Du Nord'