So here we are in the capital of the United Kingdom, London ready for an epic 14 day adventure around Europe by train! During this trip, we will be visiting Marseille, Geneva, Vienna, Budapest, Katowice and Auschwitz. However, it was necessary to traverse the British Railway Network first from ones local station, Bristol Parkway.
At the present time, a large proportion of long distance services are operated by trains constructed in the 1970s or 1980s hence the accessibility is debatable. As the wheelchair space in standard class was taken on the service to London Paddington, one was entitled to a free upgrade to first class! After a little shuffling, we arrived into Paddington on time.
One discovered only a few weeks back that Paddington now has step free access onto the Circle and the Hammersmith and City line which was needed get to St Pancreas International. It is always amazing how the end carriages on Tube trains are always nearly empty, which one used to his advantage.
Outside St Pancreas station, we found our way to the hotel and checked in without any problems (I have probably jinked it now). The room is nice enough and what you would expect from an Ibis hotel.
Tomorrow we get up at 5am in order to catch the 7:18am Eurostar to Marseille where the adventure really begins!