After spending the past week in Florence and Milan, we’re leaving Italy and traveling to a killer 2-bedroom suite in the heart of Paris. By train. That takes 7 hours. And gets us into the city late enough that we’ll be cramming into a temporary room for the night and completing our journey about 24 hours from now.
Will this trip feel like a scenic and relaxing journey through the French countryside? Or a never-ending trek with eight bags and couple of tired and hungry kids? We’re about to find out.
Contents:
0:00 Intro
0:45 Arriving at Milano Centrale Railway Station
2:07 Arriving at Milano Porta Garibaldi
4:47 Departing Milan for Paris
5:18 Visiting the Dining Car
7:58 Settling in as we cross the French bordedr
9:41 Arriving in Paris
11:05 Checking into Hotel Castille
11:57 Outro
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hi youtube family happy holidays
I honestly really like train travel better than flying. More space, quieter, food whenever you want and seats are so much more comfortable. The upside to flying is just that it’s quicker. 😊
I love how passionate the whole family and sharing this inspiring video. Very informative and entertaining also ❤ love from the Philippines. Maligayang pasko 🎄
Have a Merry Christmas Eve!
We took a train into Paris from Belgium on a prior trip. One of the instances when it is faster than flying 😅. I’d love to be able to experience a sleeper train with a multi-day itinerary like the Orient Express. So expensive though. 😔
I didn't know Milano and Roma were the two biggest train stations in Europe. I've been to both. Yeah they were huge, but I could have sworn Zurich Hbf was bigger. And Paris (depending on which station) is also huge and has an excellent first class lounge.
I am highly amused that you thought there might be meal service, but then I thought about it and some train lines DO have meal service. I'm thinking the train I took from Amsterdam airport to Brussels had meal service. But yeah, unless you are on a regional train, there is almost always a restaurant car. The quality of the food varies greatly depending on which train line you are riding (in my experience, Austria's öbb has the best food like restaurant quality stuff, and the worst was Deutsch Bahn was the worst food. TGV in France was okay
I get claustrophobic, so the extra room on a train vs a plane is much nicer
The noisy background sound is quite annoying. Thanks.
Missing the train would’ve sucked. Glad you made it!😅
Trains are also more environment friendly than planes. Planes have a huge amount of carbon emissions.