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Traveling by Eurostar: in the footsteps of l’Etoile du Nord

I’m taking you to discover the Eurostar, ex-Thalys, on the Paris-Amsterdam route, following in the footsteps of the Etoile du Nord.

Traveling by train in Scandinavia is a great experience, but requires some preparation. Here are some tips to make your trip easier.

I recount the second part of my return journey by train from the Swedish capital, Copenhagen to Paris via Frankfurt.

I recount the first part of my return journey by train from the Swedish capital, Stockholm to Copenhagen via Gothenburg.

I tell the story of my outward train journey from Paris to Stockholm, including the night train from Hamburg to Stockholm in a sleeping car.

In 1951, my mother recounted in a logbook her journey from Marseille to Tahiti aboard the Changchow, a Messageries Maritimes ship