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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 1072 Views
Buy a cheap car and drive it home instead. *NM* jh - 20/04/2010 09:50:19 PM 333 Views
Drive across the channel? Camilla - 20/04/2010 09:51:34 PM 775 Views
Why not? Can't be that deep? jh - 20/04/2010 09:53:13 PM 731 Views
Re: Why not? Can't be that deep? Camilla - 20/04/2010 09:54:17 PM 757 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 763 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 805 Views
Then it's just as well Tor is the only one who can drive... *NM* Tim - 20/04/2010 10:14:34 PM 318 Views
Also, you are aware there's a train that takes cars across the channel, right? Tim - 20/04/2010 10:16:23 PM 790 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 882 Views
No, it is the Eurotunnel Shuttle. Eurostar is the passenger service. Tim - 20/04/2010 10:35:09 PM 812 Views
Re: No, it is the Eurotunnel Shuttle. Eurostar is the passenger service. Camilla - 21/04/2010 05:53:24 AM 872 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 807 Views
Re: Does it have to be Calais? Camilla - 20/04/2010 10:19:08 PM 919 Views
I poked some websites. Morgawse - 20/04/2010 10:37:07 PM 839 Views
Re: I poked some websites. Camilla - 21/04/2010 05:52:49 AM 749 Views
Well, the SNCF website is singularly unhelpful. Tim - 20/04/2010 10:18:52 PM 812 Views
Re: Well, the SNCF website is singularly unhelpful. Camilla - 20/04/2010 10:21:18 PM 836 Views
It's TER. 16.1 euro standard fare for Lille-Calais. *NM* Legolas - 21/04/2010 01:59:41 AM 298 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 796 Views
Thank you! Camilla - 21/04/2010 05:51:52 AM 950 Views
I have good experiences with Eurostar Bramhodoulos - 20/04/2010 11:47:21 PM 762 Views
If only it weren't fully booked *NM* Camilla - 21/04/2010 05:52:30 AM 318 Views
Try Dunkerque. It has a history of moving large numbers to the UK. *NM* Tom - 21/04/2010 02:11:36 AM 304 Views
Re: Try Dunkerque. It has a history of moving large numbers to the UK. Camilla - 21/04/2010 05:54:24 AM 808 Views
Dear Camilla Druid - 21/04/2010 03:27:21 AM 819 Views
*Waits for an Indonesian volcano to explode and change the situation* *NM* Tom - 21/04/2010 03:48:45 AM 369 Views
*Blesses the Monsoon Weather Patterns keeping us clean and free of nasty foreign dust* *NM* Druid - 21/04/2010 04:03:16 AM 428 Views
Dear Druid Camilla - 21/04/2010 05:55:26 AM 830 Views
Dear Camilla Druid - 21/04/2010 07:45:50 AM 807 Views
Dear Druid Camilla - 22/04/2010 08:08:42 PM 833 Views
Dear Mr Druid, Re: your proposal for the moving of Camilla to Australia snoopcester - 21/04/2010 10:31:05 AM 766 Views
Innovatiion is the key to success! Druid - 21/04/2010 12:23:16 PM 1040 Views
Dear Mr. Druid. We welcome your offer to relieve us of the Norwegian. jh - 21/04/2010 03:50:21 PM 729 Views
Your loss is our gain Druid - 22/04/2010 02:11:44 AM 722 Views
yes, yes. I assume you count both those in real numbers? jh - 22/04/2010 07:06:17 AM 783 Views
Indupitably. Think of it as Australia's gift to the World Druid - 22/04/2010 07:26:55 AM 1041 Views
That is hardly a long term job snoopcester - 22/04/2010 10:18:45 AM 744 Views
I beg to differ Druid - 22/04/2010 01:20:56 PM 912 Views
Brussels airport is running again. The others shouldn't be too long now. *NM* BlackAdder - 21/04/2010 04:17:03 AM 330 Views
Planes are not an option Camilla - 21/04/2010 05:56:32 AM 726 Views
if i'd still live in Brussel... Master Qui_John - 21/04/2010 12:36:18 PM 889 Views
Isn't there a ferry from Zeebrugge to Scotland? Elaine - 21/04/2010 01:42:25 PM 784 Views
There is, but surely it'll be full. Legolas - 21/04/2010 01:52:48 PM 1076 Views
I guess. Elaine - 21/04/2010 01:59:16 PM 765 Views
Hmm. I wonder where you are. *NM* Avendesora - 22/04/2010 12:46:57 AM 310 Views
I am Camilla - 22/04/2010 08:17:26 PM 748 Views
Re: Getting from Brüssels to Calais Edit: It's sorted Rebekah - 22/04/2010 08:19:59 PM 722 Views
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