Submitted by Groundblizzard on November 4, 2005 - 1:54pm.
Thanks for the reply. My wife and I are rather excited even though it's a few months out. My French does include "merci" and "pardon," but I'll be adding toilet and such very quickly - and I'll be adding "I have a problem."
We'll be flying into Paris on a Saturday noon and will fly out the following Saturday at noon. At the moment, we're looking at leaving Paris sunday evening and coming back to Paris thursday evening - travel schedules permitting. The time in between will be spent in and around Montpellier.
The first hurdle is the figuring out the transport issue. We're leaning toward the train for the reasons you mentioned.
In looking at train info online - costs & schedules - I'm getting more and more confused about what to take, which type of ticket to buy, where to buy and when.
The TGV seems the way to go, but I'm not sure which deal is best. Tickets seem to be priced at about 260Euro for four days of travel - which I don't know if we'll use or not. 2 days for sure, and possibly one other if we head toward Nice or elsewhere. Is that a wise purchase or could the money be better spent differently/more efficiently?
We'll be flying into Paris on a Saturday noon and will fly out the following Saturday at noon. At the moment, we're looking at leaving Paris sunday evening and coming back to Paris thursday evening - travel schedules permitting. The time in between will be spent in and around Montpellier.
The first hurdle is the figuring out the transport issue. We're leaning toward the train for the reasons you mentioned.
In looking at train info online - costs & schedules - I'm getting more and more confused about what to take, which type of ticket to buy, where to buy and when.
The TGV seems the way to go, but I'm not sure which deal is best. Tickets seem to be priced at about 260Euro for four days of travel - which I don't know if we'll use or not. 2 days for sure, and possibly one other if we head toward Nice or elsewhere. Is that a wise purchase or could the money be better spent differently/more efficiently?
Sorry for all the ?, and I'm sure I'll have more.