Got up early next day and caught the Eurostar to Paris. Very fast, very nice and we arrived refreshed into Gare de Nord, Paris. We then spent over 30 minutes trying to by a ticket for a 6 minute underground trip; next time I will listen to the train guard (and Belinda) and buy the metro ticket on the Eurostar !!

Took the Metro to Gare du Lyon and had a spot of lunch there including a gluten-free ice cream before boarding the next train, a TGV to Geneva. It sped through the French countryside and then slowed to crawl through the Alps, all the time the train guard keeping us abreast of the World Cup football, where France eventually beat Croatia 4:2.