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Getting from Brüssels to Calais Edit: It's sorted Camilla Send a noteboard - 20/04/2010 09:46:41 PM
We were going to take a bus, but everyone else pulled out, so now we are back to the trains. Don't talk to me of planes, it is not going to happen. Trains it is. We have tickets from Rome to Geneve to Brüssels. The Eurostar is fully booked (even though their pages claim they are not), so we are going to Calais.

Does anyone know what train company we ought to book it through? A French one? A Belgian one? A Swiss one? (that was a joke)

Might I also add (I am considering adding this to the end of all my speeches, a bit like Cato on Carthage), a curse on train companies who do not update their pages and lead you on in false hope.

Edit: I am now on the train from London to Edinburgh after hefty train-trips via Géneve, Brüssels and the tunnel to London.

Thank you to all of those who helped. In the end I think we were saved by everyone else deciding to take the planes that started running. I am still waiting for one of those to fall out of the sky. Just so you know.
*MySmiley*
structured procrastinator
This message last edited by Camilla on 22/04/2010 at 08:16:45 PM
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Getting from Brüssels to Calais Edit: It's sorted Camilla - 20/04/2010 09:46:41 PM 1005 Views
Buy a cheap car and drive it home instead. *NM* jh - 20/04/2010 09:50:19 PM 303 Views
Drive across the channel? Camilla - 20/04/2010 09:51:34 PM 701 Views
Why not? Can't be that deep? jh - 20/04/2010 09:53:13 PM 663 Views
Re: Why not? Can't be that deep? Camilla - 20/04/2010 09:54:17 PM 687 Views
Pssht, it's you guys that drive on the wrong side. You should admit the error of your ways. Tim - 20/04/2010 10:08:29 PM 685 Views
Re: Pssht, it's you guys that drive on the wrong side. You should admit the error of your ways. Camilla - 20/04/2010 10:10:29 PM 733 Views
Then it's just as well Tor is the only one who can drive... *NM* Tim - 20/04/2010 10:14:34 PM 295 Views
Also, you are aware there's a train that takes cars across the channel, right? Tim - 20/04/2010 10:16:23 PM 719 Views
Re: Also, you are aware there's a train that takes cars across the channel, right? Camilla - 20/04/2010 10:18:34 PM 803 Views
No, it is the Eurotunnel Shuttle. Eurostar is the passenger service. Tim - 20/04/2010 10:35:09 PM 731 Views
Re: No, it is the Eurotunnel Shuttle. Eurostar is the passenger service. Camilla - 21/04/2010 05:53:24 AM 804 Views
Does it have to be Calais? DFDS Seaways website claims to have space on Amsterdam/Newcastle route. Morgawse - 20/04/2010 10:14:46 PM 731 Views
Re: Does it have to be Calais? Camilla - 20/04/2010 10:19:08 PM 848 Views
I poked some websites. Morgawse - 20/04/2010 10:37:07 PM 764 Views
Re: I poked some websites. Camilla - 21/04/2010 05:52:49 AM 676 Views
Well, the SNCF website is singularly unhelpful. Tim - 20/04/2010 10:18:52 PM 742 Views
Re: Well, the SNCF website is singularly unhelpful. Camilla - 20/04/2010 10:21:18 PM 762 Views
It's TER. 16.1 euro standard fare for Lille-Calais. *NM* Legolas - 21/04/2010 01:59:41 AM 270 Views
Buy a ticket from Brussels to Lille Flandres with the NMBS (Belgian), then to Calais with SNCF. Legolas - 20/04/2010 11:30:37 PM 730 Views
Thank you! Camilla - 21/04/2010 05:51:52 AM 860 Views
I have good experiences with Eurostar Bramhodoulos - 20/04/2010 11:47:21 PM 695 Views
If only it weren't fully booked *NM* Camilla - 21/04/2010 05:52:30 AM 289 Views
Try Dunkerque. It has a history of moving large numbers to the UK. *NM* Tom - 21/04/2010 02:11:36 AM 277 Views
Re: Try Dunkerque. It has a history of moving large numbers to the UK. Camilla - 21/04/2010 05:54:24 AM 721 Views
Dear Camilla Druid - 21/04/2010 03:27:21 AM 743 Views
*Waits for an Indonesian volcano to explode and change the situation* *NM* Tom - 21/04/2010 03:48:45 AM 343 Views
*Blesses the Monsoon Weather Patterns keeping us clean and free of nasty foreign dust* *NM* Druid - 21/04/2010 04:03:16 AM 399 Views
Dear Druid Camilla - 21/04/2010 05:55:26 AM 758 Views
Dear Camilla Druid - 21/04/2010 07:45:50 AM 735 Views
Dear Druid Camilla - 22/04/2010 08:08:42 PM 731 Views
Dear Mr Druid, Re: your proposal for the moving of Camilla to Australia snoopcester - 21/04/2010 10:31:05 AM 697 Views
Innovatiion is the key to success! Druid - 21/04/2010 12:23:16 PM 968 Views
Dear Mr. Druid. We welcome your offer to relieve us of the Norwegian. jh - 21/04/2010 03:50:21 PM 655 Views
Your loss is our gain Druid - 22/04/2010 02:11:44 AM 659 Views
yes, yes. I assume you count both those in real numbers? jh - 22/04/2010 07:06:17 AM 710 Views
Indupitably. Think of it as Australia's gift to the World Druid - 22/04/2010 07:26:55 AM 969 Views
That is hardly a long term job snoopcester - 22/04/2010 10:18:45 AM 669 Views
I beg to differ Druid - 22/04/2010 01:20:56 PM 838 Views
Brussels airport is running again. The others shouldn't be too long now. *NM* BlackAdder - 21/04/2010 04:17:03 AM 305 Views
Planes are not an option Camilla - 21/04/2010 05:56:32 AM 654 Views
if i'd still live in Brussel... Master Qui_John - 21/04/2010 12:36:18 PM 818 Views
Isn't there a ferry from Zeebrugge to Scotland? Elaine - 21/04/2010 01:42:25 PM 713 Views
There is, but surely it'll be full. Legolas - 21/04/2010 01:52:48 PM 977 Views
I guess. Elaine - 21/04/2010 01:59:16 PM 695 Views
Hmm. I wonder where you are. *NM* Avendesora - 22/04/2010 12:46:57 AM 283 Views
I am Camilla - 22/04/2010 08:17:26 PM 667 Views
Re: Getting from Brüssels to Calais Edit: It's sorted Rebekah - 22/04/2010 08:19:59 PM 656 Views
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