 Poster: A snowHead
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@Lucywuk, we got a great price for the Mercure at Gare de Lyon, for a Saturday night in early March. Ideal for arriving on late evening train from Geneva. Less ideal for the first Eurostar home on Sunday morning, mind you!
I love @sugarmoma666, idea of a slide from the hotel into train. That would be ideal 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I’ve booked Citizen M. It was cheaper than the ibis. It was between that and Mercure. Still debating  I always like booking free cancellation.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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We're going to split the travel over two days, too nect year. We'll go as far as Paris on our outbound day, which then covers the home leg, and we'll leave Paris on the Saturday morning.
From September I'm off timetable on a Friday, meaning I don't need to be in school. We'll take advantage of that and pull the kids out for that Friday.
Going from home on the Saturday means that we can't get an early enough Eurostar to get us to Paris to make the fast train to Chambrey. Our options are to get the train to Lyon and change twice, meaning the better part of 4 hours on the slow train, or leave much later, get a fast train and arrive in Bourg at 2245.
By staying in Paris, we can get the fast train and be in Bourg for 1545. No time for skiing on the Saturday, but the opportunity to collect kit, which I prefer to do the day before our first ski day.
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@Owlette, when we stay in Paris we usually catch the 0745(ish) direct train, which gets you to Bourg far earlier than 1545.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@owlette I’m with you and the 11:42 to arrive at 15:45. May as well have a lie in and a wander round Paris in the morning perhaps.
We can’t check in until 5 at our accommodation anyway.
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Nailed it with the lie in and a slower pace. I'm a lark, but Mr. O hates getting up, so whilst it wouldn't bother me needing to be on the 0745 train, that would be a hard sell to him and our 13 year old who is currently going through a sleep until noon phase. It's everyone's holiday, so it's about finding the sweet spot.
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