Early start.....
It's 06.45 on Stuttgart station. Dawn is just breaking and we are ready for home. After several trips to Germany by road we had eventually decided that the train was a much better option. We travelled out via Eurostar to Paris and then by TGV to Stuttgart and after 12 hours travelling we arrived on the dot... every connection and every arrival on time. Now we must trust the railway system of three countries again. This is the train we used to travel to Paris and it, and all the other trains we used that day, ran to time... well ok, our arrival at home was 4 minutes late, but after 12 hours of travelling that's not bad and certainly better than our schedule by road. Add to that the fact that we used electric trains at every stage of the journey... i.e. no direct pollution and we were very satisfied customers....