We stopped somewhere in the middle of nowhere at a coach stop which doubled up as a mini shopping centre equipped with toilets, a bureau de exchange and plenty of cafès including starbucks. The driver ensured we all heard that we had to be back in 10 minutes yet someone still managed to be late, outting us behind schedule.
Surprisingly we ended up on the eurostar instead of the ferry. The boarding onto the eurostar was interesting and the eurostar journey inside the coach inside the train wasn't bad although might be a bit nerving for the claustrophobic ones. We arrived in Bologne not long after and there was a change of drivers. Although the first driver was also french, this one was much more difficult to understand which got a bit irritating as a lot of the passengers did not know what was happening.
The other disadvantage of being in France, was, that there was no wifi. This was slightly annoying since I had another three hours to kill before we got to France and the boring french countryside seemed to stretch out for miles and miles, for around two and a half hours before we finally arrived in Paris. The exit off the coach was easy and ordered as was collecting our luggage from the coach.
10 days later. . . . .
Our return journey to England was very similar, only we had to go through two passport checks just before the eurostar which was a nuisance.
I really enjoyed taking the coach from london to paris and back. Obviously at times, your legs will feel numb or you will find you've run out of M&Ms and you definitly have to pack plenty of food and things to do. All in all, going by coach is not only cheap but comfortable and worth it.
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