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L O W L A N D S - L - 25 January 2011 - Volume 02<br>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">From: <span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc.</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:roger.thijs@euro-support.be">roger.thijs@euro-support.be</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L Travels</span><br>
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Traveling by high speed train is becoming more and more affordable in W-Europe</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Here are the lowest rates <strong>from Brussels</strong>
to Paris, London
and Amsterdam departing from Brussels, as communicated in a mail today by
Belgian Railways:</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Met Thalys naar <strong>Parijs</strong><b><br>
</b>tot <strong>25 </strong>verbindingen
per dag <em>(25 connections a day)</em><i><br>
</i>Brussel-Parijs in slechts <strong>1u22</strong>
<em>(takes 1h 22 minutes)</em><i><br>
</i>een <strong>enkele rit</strong>
vanaf <strong>25 euro</strong> <em>(single trip starting at 25 euro)</em></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Reis comfortabel met
Eurostar naar <strong>Londen</strong><b><br>
</b>tot <strong>9 </strong>treinen per
dag <em>(9 connections to London a day)</em><i><br>
</i>van Brussel naar Londen in <strong>1u51 </strong><em>(takes 1h 51minutes, of which 20 minutes under see)</em><i><br>
</i>tickets <strong>heen- en terug</strong>
vanaf <strong>88 euro</strong> <em>(round trip starting at 88 euro)</em></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Met de trein naar <strong>Amsterdam </strong><b><br>
</b>met IC Benelux reeds vanaf <strong>35</strong>
euro <strong>h/t</strong> <em>(this is a round trip intercity rate, not high
speed)</em><i><br>
</i>met Thalys: <strong>enkele rit</strong>
vanaf <strong>29</strong> euro <em>(single trip starting at 29 euro; not fully high
speed yet)</em></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">For the cheapest rates one
has to</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">- reserve several weeks in
advance</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">- or take a connection very
early in the morning or in the early afternoon.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Since the cheap rates are
allocated in lots it is worthwhile to check the rates on all websites (Belgian
Railwys, French Railways, Eurostar, Thalys). One may still find cheap tickets
at one website, while these goodies are sold out on the other websites.</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Belgian Railways: <a href="http://www.b-rail.be/main/E/" target="_blank">http://www.b-rail.be/main/E/</a></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">French Railways: <a href="http://www.sncf.fr/" target="_blank">http://www.sncf.fr/</a></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Eurostar: <a href="http://www.eurostar.com/" target="_blank">http://www.eurostar.com/</a></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Thalys: <a href="http://www.thalys.com/" target="_blank">www.thalys.com</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">For <strong>Paris</strong> I prefer to take
the <strong>TGV</strong> in <strong>Lille</strong><strong> </strong>(Rijsel) just over the border.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">It takes about <strong>1hr.</strong> When ordering in advance one
easily finds <strong>upgrades</strong>
to 1th class for <strong>1 single Euro.</strong></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Parking is easy at Euralille
(below the shopping center) facing the Lille-Flandres railway station just
across the street (actually between the 2 railway stations Lille-Flandres and
Lille-Europe (the latter with Eurostar connections to London)).</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Euralille: <a href="http://www.euralille.com/W/do/centre/accueil" target="_blank">http://www.euralille.com/W/do/centre/accueil</a></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Euralille Parking: <a href="http://www.vincipark.com/vincipark.nsf/fr/parcservice/pages/590005.htm" target="_blank">http://www.vincipark.com/vincipark.nsf/fr/parcservice/pages/590005.htm</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Brussels also has High Speed Connections to Cologne and Frankfurt-am-Main.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">These ICE connections are
serviced by the German Bundesbahn.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Ticket prices start at 19
euro.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">web: <a href="http://www.bahn.de/p/view/angebot/international/zuege/ice-bruessel.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.bahn.de/p/view/angebot/international/zuege/ice-bruessel.shtml</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Advantages:</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">- confortable seat and
space; free to move</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">- stress free; plenty of
space e.g. for working with one's laptop; no switching off of one's devices</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">- generally on time,
eventual delays rarely more than 10 minutes</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">- virtually no luggage
restriction</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">- food for sale for economy
travellers</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">- check-in just a couple of
minutes before the train leaves</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">For the Eurostar train
though one should prepare to present oneselve about 30 minutes before
departure, because of a triple queuing at departure:</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">- security</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">- passport controll for the
country one leaves</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">- passport controll for the
country one is going to.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">The latter means one is
allready legally in the UK
when boarding in Brussels.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">The UK is not in
the European Schengen area (area without passport controll)</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">For avoiding queing upon
arrival in London
at the tube (underground) ticket machines, it is advisable one gets an
Oyster card in advance.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">web: <a href="https://oyster.tfl.gov.uk/oyster/entry.do" target="_blank">https://oyster.tfl.gov.uk/oyster/entry.do</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Regards,</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Roger</p>
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