Paris to Antibes

The train journey was pleasant, if a little cramped, as myself and the three other people at a table seat all had backpacks poking out from under our seats and other bags around our feet.

I enjoyed listening to them chatting away (in French), but did listen to music in the end. I read a fair bit (The Tenant of Wild fell Hall) and dozed a bit too.

I got about an hour if stretching out as they got off at Toulons (think that's how you spell it) and was able to sit by the window then ams get a few pics and enjoy the view. Though I was on the wrong side for the sea.

I can't decide if I would have preferred a TER multi-change journey to St Nazaire (the first option I was looking at) more. Changing trains can be stressful, especially if the connections are short. But you tend to see more on the regional trains - and often get a bit more of an insight into ordinary life, as it's often people nipping from one two to the next.

But I liked this journey. If I had a smaller laptop with me, I might well have got it out and done some writing or work. It would have been a huge faff though. And taken up too much space.Read more